Exploring Common Poetic Techniques and Devices

Mr. Watson introduces common poetic techniques to aid in poetry analysis. He covers alliteration, assonance, sibilance, imagery, metaphor, simile, personification, rhyme, repetition, rhythm, couplets, enjambment, and cesura. Each technique is explained with examples to help students identify and understand their use in poetry.

What is the term for a series of words in a sequence that contain the same consonant sound?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Sibilance

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which poetic technique involves the repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Sibilance

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for a series of words in a sequence that contain the same soft consonant sounds, often creating a hissing sound?

• Alliteration

• Sibilance

• Assonance

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which technique uses descriptive language to appeal to the five senses?

• Imagery

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a metaphor?

• A series of words with the same vowel sound

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A description of one object as being another unrelated object

• A series of words with the same consonant sound

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which technique compares one object to another using 'like' or 'as'?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is personification?

• The repetition of consonant sounds

• Giving human qualities to non-human objects or creatures

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A description of one object as being another unrelated object

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the term for the repetition of syllables typically at the end of a line?

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Couplet

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is enjambment?

• The use of punctuation in the middle of a line

• A pair of successive lines of verse

• When one thought or idea in a line of poetry continues onto the next without any punctuation

• The repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is cesura?

• The use of punctuation in the middle of a line to create a deliberate pause

• The repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis

• A pair of successive lines of verse

• When one thought or idea in a line of poetry continues onto the next without any punctuation

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5