Elements of Poetry & Figurative Language

Groups of lines in a poem are called 

• stanzas
• sections 
• paragraphs 
• parts 

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Poems are meant to be read aloud. 

• true 
• false 

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

When words end with the same sounds, the words 

• verse 
• rhyme 

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CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

The "beat" of the poem  is called the  

• rhythm
• rhyme 
• stanza 
• alliteration 

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

When a poem repeats sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines, he or she is using 

• rhyme
• stanza 
• repetition 
• alliteration 

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like" 

• hyperbole 
• metaphor 
• alliteration 
• simile 

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A direct comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words "like" or "as" in the comparison.  It often uses "is" in the comparison.

• metaphor 
• simile 
• onomatopoeia
• adverb

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Repeating the same consonant at the beginning words or lines.  

• rhyme 
• alliteration 
• assonance 
• simile 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Giving human characteristics or qualities to an object, idea, or even an animal 

• onomatopoeia 
• sensory detail
• hyperbole 
• personification 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb 

• conjunction 
• adverb
• verb
• noun

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CCSS.RF.1.3

CCSS.RF.1.4

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.K.4