Poetry/Literary Techniques

Referring to something famous for emphasis (Romeo)

• idioms

• allusions

• couplet

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• jargon

• mood

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

A paragraph in a poem

• hyperbole

• tome

• imagery

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Two lines in a poem that rhyme

• couplet

• simile

• metaphor

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of the BEGINNING sounds of words (Sally sells seashells by the seashore)

• jargon

• assonance

• alliteration

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

A major exaggeration (this book bag weighs a ton)

• hyperbole

• imagery

• oxymoron

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

How a poem is set up or how it rhymes (AABB CCDD)

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• rhyme scheme

• idioms

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Two words that are used together that are opposite in meaning (jumbo shrimp)

• onomatopoeia

• jargon

• assonance

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Sound Words

• jargon

• rhyme scheme

• onomatoepia

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• assonance

• allieration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4