Poetic Devices

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Front

Compares two different things

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Human qualities to animals/objects/ideas

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Repetition of the same sounds in a group of words

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

Word that imitates natural sound

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Buzzing bee

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Dunkin' Donuts

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

Quiet as a mouse

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

"She is a walking dictionary"

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D