Poetry Literary Terms

Based on music and rhythm

Does not follow a natural flow

May break grammar and punctuation rules

Poetry

Form of writing based on spoken language

Typically has a natural flow and rhythm with regular grammar and punctuation

Prose

Prose vs Poetry

Poetry

Prose

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Learning Target:

I will identify and analyze the use of literary devices in poems.

Comparing using "like" or "as"

Simile

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

Personification

Exaggeration

Hyperbole

Match

Match the following

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Comparing using "like" or "as"

Human characteristics to nonhuman things

Exaggeration

• Comparing using "like" or "as"

• Human characteristics to nonhuman things

• Exaggeration

Match

Match the following

• "Her hair was like silk"

• "The sun smiled down at us."

• "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Comparing two unlike things by saying it IS the other.

Metaphor

The repetition of inner vowel sounds in a series of words

Assonance

Words that imitate sounds

Onomatopoeia

Repeating a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence

Repetition

Multiple Choice

The cat chased the playful snake.

• Assonance

• Repetition

The cat chased the playful snake.

Notice the repetition of the "ei" sound
Chased
Playful
Snake

Multiple Choice

Which poetry term?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

Match

Match the following

• His words were a soothing balm for her wounded heart.

• In the meadow, the flowers sway,

  In the meadow, where children play

• Her smile was like a bright morning sun.

Metaphor

Repetition

Simile

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Simile

Descriptive, sensory language that uses the five senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell

Imagery

Repetition of a consonant sound at the end of the word

Consanance

Multiple Choice

Which sentence most clearly uses imagery?

• "The cat was very cute and playful."

• "The sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky with shades of orange and pink."

• "The book was filled with interesting ideas and concepts."