Poetry and Figurative Language

 

A comparison between two unlike items using the words 'like' or 'as' 

• simile

• metaphor

• connotation

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

a comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using the terms 'like' or 'as'

• simile

• hyperbole

• connotation

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

an extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

• personification

• hyperbole

• denotation

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• denotation

• personification

• connotation

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

 

the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter

• mood

• voice

• shift

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

how the reader feels about the literary piece

• shift

• mood

• voice

• repitition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the dictionary definition of a word

• stanza

• denotation

• conotation

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the feeling associated with a word

• alliteration

• mood

• connotation

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

two or more words are close together and share the same first consonant sound, such as “fish fry.”

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

language that improves the reader's experience through the reader's senses.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• imagery

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3