Poetic Terms

Extreme exaggeration for an effect is

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Line

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Difference between what is expected and what happens is

• Coincidence

• Allusion

• Irony

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The dictionary meaning of a word is

• denotation

• definition

• connotation

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Repeating the initial consonant sounds in a line is

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Irony

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that sound similar in pronunciation are said to

• Rhyme

• Allude

• Refer

• Relate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Giving human-like qualities to something not human is

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Comparing two things N0T using “like” or “as” is

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Not the dictionary meaning, but emotion attached words are called

• Connotation

• Definition

• Allusion

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A single numbered line of poetry; a poetic sentence is

• a stanza

• a rhyme

• a line

• a metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Repetition of vowel sounds in a poem to create internal rhyme is

• assonance

• alliteration

• allusion

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4