POETRY ELEMENTS

The cupcake was as dry as the Sahara Desert.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• sunshine

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hot chocolate

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"My flowers were begging for water on the hot summer day" is an example of:

• antonym
• metaphor
• personification
•  hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Onomatopoeia is..

• Makes a comparison in which something that is not human is described with human like qualities 
• The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
• Figurative language 

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Repetition is..

• Makes a comparison without using like or as
• Words created through the use of figurative language or vivid descriptions
• A repeating pattern of sounds or words 

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Hyperbole is..

• An exaggerated comparison for effect.
• Compares something using like or as 
• The use of words to imitate the sounds they make.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which is an example of imagery?

• I feel hot, I hear the waves, my toes touch the sand.
• I love the stars like a woman loves her child
• I enjoy reading 

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which line of poetry displays onomatopoeia?

• I was told of his bold actions.
• The rope slowly floated away.
• I listened to the frogs croak and the geese squawk.
• The cat crawled over the concrete wall.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which line of poetry includes an example of assonance?

• The frantic flocks cried out in fear.
• I felt the tide glide over my tired feet.
• The dazzling fire sizzled and crackled.
• My stomach stabbed at me as I walked.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4