Poetic Devices Review

a repetition of sounds throughout several words in a line

• alliteration

• litote

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

an object, person, or place used to represent something else

• irony

• juxtaposition

• simile

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a reference to a different literary or political work

• symbol

• allusion

• alliteration

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a comparison using "like" or "as"

• consonance

• hyperbole

• simile

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a figure of speech in which a person not present is addressed

• litote

• apostrophe

• assonance

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem

• rhythm

• irony

• rhyme

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

giving an animal human-like qualities

• idiom

• personification

• anthropomorphization

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the use of words that sound alike

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the repetition of vowel sounds

• idiom

• paradox

• assonance

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

using the same word or phrase more than once for emphasis

• personification

• hyperbole

• repetition

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4