Poetic Terms

words having the same beginning consonant sounds

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• assonance

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition of vowel sounds within words

• assonance

• consonance

• imagery

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device

• ryhme

• extended metaphor

• alliteration

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a pair or rhymed lines

• stanza

• idiom

• couplet

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

exaggeration; when the author stretched the truth

• hyperbole

• consonance

• couplet

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• couplet

• alliteration

• idiom

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• imagery

• irony

• personification

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

having the opposite effect of what is expected

• mood

• irony

• hyperbole

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

compares two unlike things without using like or as

• metaphor

• quatrain

• stanza

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4