Poetic Elements

a word that makes a sound (example: bang, click)

• imagery
• denotation
• onomatopeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole
• connotation
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

human qualities or ideas are given to non human things

• idiom
• alliteration
• imagery
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

related lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph

• rhyme
• symbol
• figurative language
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Poetry that uses poetic language but does not follow a pattern of rhyming or meter.

• free verse
• dramatic poetry
• concrete
• narrative 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

author's use this with descriptive words to create a picture in the reader's mind

• onomatopoeia
• imagery
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

language that is not meant to be taken literally

• figurative language
• simile
• rhyme
• lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"It is raining cats and dogs" is an example of this type of figurative language

• idiom
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. A pack of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked" is an example of what sound device?

• assonance
• idiom
• alliteration
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repeating vowel or consonant sounds at the ends of words

• alliteration
• poetry
• rhyme
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9