Poetic Terms

This is created when the last strong syllable and all following weak syllables sound alike.

• rhythm

• rhyme

• meter

• lyric

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

This contains a certain sample of this device.

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Giving human attributes to nonhuman objects.

• personification

• alliteration

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This is a reference to another literary work or a historical event / figure.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is created by having the same number of syllables following the same pattern.

• meter

• rhyme

• imagery

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

This is the term used to identify the speaker of the poem.

• narrator

• poet

• persona

• personification

This poetic device uses the same word, phrase, or clause more than once.

• assonance

• consonance

• parallelism

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

This device is in the phrase "augmented audit of the audience."

• consonance

• assonance

• parallelism

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

My fingers are worn to the bone from writing so much.

• allusion

• hyperbole

• assonance

• caesura

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

This is created when the idea in a poem is developed over several lines without any endmark.

• caesura

• rhyme

• rhythm

• enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5