Poetic Forms and Language

DEFINITION: A comparison that uses like or as

• metaphor

• symbolism

• personification

• simile

DEFINITION: A comparison that does not use like or as

• metaphor

• symbolism

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

DEFINITION: The assigning of human qualities to a nonliving thing

• allusion

• symbolism

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

DEFINITION: The use of an image or thing to stand for something else

• allusion

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

DEFINITION: A reference to another work, such as the Bible or mythology

• allusion

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

EXAMPLE: The lake was as smooth as glass.

• metaphor

• symbolism

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

EXAMPLE: Mia remembers everything; her mind is a steel trap.

• metaphor

• symbolism

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

EXAMPLE: It rained so much that I thought we'd have to build an ark.

• metaphor

• symbolism

• personification

• allusion

EXAMPLE: The sun smiled on our picnic.

• simile

• symbolism

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

EXAMPLE: Lindsay wore black to the funeral.

• metaphor

• symbolism

• personification

• allusion