Poets Use of Language

Using your words to help the reader create a picture in their minds

• Imagery

• Sibilance

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Comparing two things using like or as

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Comparing two things by saying one thing is the other thing

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving non-human things human characteristics

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Symbols

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The use of a noun (person, place or thing) to represent big ideas or emotions.

• Capitalism

• Repetition

• Socialism

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The same letter or sound at the beginning of words close together

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The creation of words to describe sounds.

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

When the same vowel sound is repeated in words that are near each other.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A description of things that the speaker can smell.

• Auditory Imagery

• Visual Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Words and phrases are used more than once for impact

• Repetition

• Adjective

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4