Poetic Devices and Figurative Language

alliteration

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• A type of rhyme scheme used in poetry

• A narrative technique that involves a flashback

• A form of metaphor that compares two unlike things

onomatopoeia

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• A figure of speech

• A type of poem

• A literary device that uses exaggeration

stanza

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• A type of musical composition

• A single line of poetry

• A narrative story

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

lines

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• shapes

• points

• lines

sound

• a poetic device used to express meaning and emotion; an author can use rhyme, rhythm, and repetition to appeal to the reader's sense of hearing

• a visual element that enhances the imagery in poetry

• a technique used to create a specific mood through color and light

• a narrative style that focuses on the internal thoughts of characters

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

repetition

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• a single occurrence of an event

• the process of forgetting information

• a method of learning through observation

rhyme

• the rhyming of words at the ends of two or more lines of poetry.

• a type of poem that tells a story.

• a technique used to create rhythm in prose.

• the repetition of similar sounds in the middle of lines.

sensory language

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• Language that is purely abstract

• Language that is only spoken

• Language that is used in technical writing

speaker

• the voice of the poem or the person who seems to be saying the words

• a character in the poem who narrates the story

• the author of the poem

• a listener who interprets the poem

simile

• comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

• a figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis

• a comparison without using 'like' or 'as'

• a type of metaphor that uses personification