Poetry Literary Devices

apostrophe

• writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present

• the words or subject of a piece of writing

• the shape, structure, or appearance of a piece of writing

• the place where a line ends

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

content

• the blank space that divides two stanzas from each other

• a section of a poem; consists of a line or group of lines

• the place where a line ends

• the words or subject of a piece of writing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

form

• the words or subject of a piece of writing

• writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present

• the shape, structure, or appearance of a piece of writing

• a section of a poem; consists of a line or group of lines

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

line break

• the blank space that divides two stanzas from each other

• writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present

• a section of a poem; consists of a line or group of lines

• the place where a line ends

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

stanza

• the blank space that divides two stanzas from each other

• a section of a poem; consists of a line or group of lines

• the shape, structure, or appearance of a piece of writing

• the place where a line ends

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

stanza break

• the blank space that divides two stanzas from each other

• the place where a line ends

• writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present

• the words or subject of a piece of writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

excerpt

• a small part of a larger work; for example, one chapter of a novel or one paragraph of a newspaper article

• the attitude of a piece of writing, expressed through the style of writing and the words the author uses

• writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present

• the words or subject of a piece of writing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

tone

• a small part of a larger work; for example, one chapter of a novel or one paragraph of a newspaper article

• the attitude of a piece of writing, expressed through the style of writing and the words the author uses

• writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present

• the words or subject of a piece of writing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

anaphora

• the repetition of words at the start of a series of lines in a poem

• the attitude of a piece of writing, expressed through the style of writing and the words the author uses

• writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present

• the words or subject of a piece of writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

figurative language

• a comparison of two different things using

  the words like or as

• the attitude of a piece of writing, expressed through the style of writing and the words the author uses

• words or phrases that mean more than their

  dictionary definition; similes and metaphors

  are two examples

• a figure of speech in which words typically

  used to describe one thing are used to

  describe something else in order to suggest

  a likeness

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4