Poetry Devices and Figurative Language

An Onomatopoeia is...

• regular patterns that emphasize sound
• An extreme exaggeration for effect
• The use of words that sound like what they mean
• repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

If you want the truth
I'll tell you the truth:
Listen to the secret sound
the real sound, 
which is inside of you -----by Kabir
What is the Rhyme Scheme:

• ababa
• aabba
• abcde
• aabbc

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

An alliteration is...

• the repetition of vowel sounds in words close together
• the repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more words
• the use of language to create mental images
• a comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the speakers attitude toward the subject of the poem?

• mood
• theme
• simile 
• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

First the air is blue and then
it is bluer and then green and then
black I am blacking out and yet my mask is powerful
it pumps my blood with power
the sea is another story
the sea is not a question of power
I have to learn alone
to turn my body without force in the deep element.
This poem is an example of:

• Haiku
• Free Verse 
• Lyrical 
• Limmerick

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

The repetition of vowel sounds in words close together are...

• assonance 
• repetition 
• consonance 
• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The young neighborhood girls were as wild as a pack of dogs. 
This is an example of:

• Metaphor 
• Hyperbole 
• simile 
• Oxymoron 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Add injury to insult
What does this idiom mean:

• a really horrible event
• To hurt someone physically after making fun of them
• To cause more damage to a wound 
• To worsen an already bad situation 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Found missing is an example of...

• hyperbole 
• metaphor 
• oxymoron
• consonance 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a beat created by stressed and unstressed syllables in words is a...

• stanza 
• imagery 
• rhythm
• line

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4