PSSA Vocabulary Review: Poetic Devices/Terms

This is the repetition of the initial consonant sounds.

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoiea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This is identical or very similar sounds in words. (Usually found at the end of a line of poetry)

• rhythm

• rhyme

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This is the pattern of beat of the poem.

• rhythm

• rhyme

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

This is a well-known saying, using figurative language, that has a deeper meaning.

• personification

• adage

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

This is the pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables.

• rhyme

• personification

• meter

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

This is an exaggeration.

• simile

• hyperbole

• adage

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This is a word or phrase in a literary work that appeals to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing and smell.

• hyperbole

• imagery

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This is an object or abstract idea given human qualities.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This is a comparison of two things using like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This is a comparison of two things that does not use like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D