Elements of Poetry and Figurative Language

The theme of a poem is...

• the rhyming words in the poem

• the lesson of the poem

• the speaker of the poem

• the mood of the poem

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CCSS.RL.3.9

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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CCSS.RL.5.9

A line in a poem is...

• a stanza

• the beat or rhythm

• a single row of words

• there are no lines in a poem

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

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The mood of the poem is...

• the lesson of the poem

• how the reader feels before reading the poem

• the length of the poem

• how the reader feels after reading the poem

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

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A stanza is...

• the last line of the poem

• a group of lines in a poem

• the beat of the poem

• the author of the poem

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

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CCSS.RL.5.5

Which answer below is an example of a metaphor?

• My kids room is a disaster.

• It was as cold as ice.

• BAM!

• I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which answer below is an example of a simile?

• I like ice cream.

• ZOOM!

• The classroom was a zoo.

• Her eyes were as blue as the sea.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which answer below is an example of an onomatopoeia?

• The trees danced in the wind.

• He is as tall as a tree!

• BUZZ!

• It is raining cats and dogs outside.

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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 answer below is an example of an alliteration?

• Danny walked his dog at the park.

• We walked to the store yesterday.

• My mom helped me with my homework.

• Gary grumpily gathered the garbage.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which answer below is an example of personification?

• The ocean waved at us as we walked on the beach.

• She slept like a baby.

• SHHH!

• I have told you to clean your room a thousand times!

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which answer below is an example of a hyperbole?

• Time is money.

• BOOM!

• I had to walk a million miles to get here.

• He was feeling kind of blue today.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A