Literary Devices for Poetry

Basic definition of two words that sound alike

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• 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

Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• puns

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• onamatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idioms

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Assigning human qualities to non-human objects

• personification

• puns

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Expressions that have a meaning apart from the meaning of the individual words

• onomatopoeia

• idioms

• puns

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The overall feeling a text creates

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• mood

• idioms

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Words that imitate sounds

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• rhyme

• puns

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An exaggerated statement

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Words with a humorous double meaning

• idioms

• puns

• mood

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A