Poetic Terms

words having the same beginning consonant sounds

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• assonance

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition of vowel sounds within words

• assonance

• consonance

• imagery

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device

• ryhme

• extended metaphor

• alliteration

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a pair or rhymed lines

• stanza

• idiom

• couplet

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

compares two unlike things by stating that one object is the other, continuing throughout the entire selection

• extended metaphor

• hyperbole

• refrain

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

exaggeration; when the author stretched the truth

• hyperbole

• consonance

• couplet

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a phrase that says one thing but means another thing, not the literal meaning of the phrase

• couplet

• alliteration

• idiom

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

words used to evoke a sensory experience, including sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste

• imagery

• irony

• personification

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

having the opposite effect of what is expected

• mood

• irony

• hyperbole

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

compares two unlike things without using like or as

• metaphor

• quatrain

• stanza

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D