Poetic Devices

When a writer refers to a well-known person, place, event, work of art, or piece of literature...

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of internal vowel sounds

• Consonance

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of similar consonant sounds

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An obvious exaggeration

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Words that appeal to the five senses

• metaphor

• theme

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The rhythmical pattern of a poem

• Meter

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The feeling the reader gets from a poem

• stanza

• tone

• mood

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Words that are used to imitate sounds

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Giving human-like qualities to something non-human

• personification

• allusion

• imagery

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4