Poetic Terms and Figurative Language

Repetition of initial consonant sounds: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Repetition of interior vowel sounds: “Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese."

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Repetition of interior consonant sounds: “The fickle kicker chuckled as he clunked the ball down.”

• consonance

• assonance

• meter

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Words that show sound: Snap! Crackle! Pop!

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• repeition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The pattern of syllables in a line of poetry, which includes the number of syllables and the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• rhyme

• meter

• repetition

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Repeating a word, phrase, or line for emphasis.

• rhyme

• repetition

• meter

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Words that end in the same sound have this trait: The fairy named Mary was known for being merry - and hairy!

• repetition

• rhyme

• meter

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Stating one thing is another to create a comparison: “He’s a sly fox.”

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Use of the word like or as to create a comparison between two things: “My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns).

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Giving an object human traits or characteristics, often to create imagery: The daisies danced in the breeze.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A