Poetry Devices

a group of 2 or more lines of poetry

• stanza

• couplet

• quatrain

• iambic pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a rhymed pair of lines

• couplet
• verse
• stanza
• quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a 4 line stanza or group of lines in a poem

• couplet
• quatrain
• stanza
• verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

use of words for auditory effect

• simile

• repetition

• rhyme

• sound devices

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

the use of words whose sounds mimic their meaning

• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

• meter
• verse
• stanza
• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

unrhymed poetry, imitates natural rhythms of English speech

• sonnet
• blank verse
• free verse
• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A