Elements of Poetry

When something stands for something else ex: tree = life

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The life lesson or lesson learned

• Theme

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Similes, metaphors, personification, exaggeration or hyperbole

Poetry is more figurative than literal

• Alliteration

• Figurative Language

• Stanza

• Speaker

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

When the author repeats the beginning sound of words in a line

Peter Piper Pizza

• Poet

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

When the last words in a verse have similar ending sounds

You- Mew Night- right

• Rhyme

• Symbolism

• Stanza

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Sensory details that appeals to your hearing

boom bzzz pow wow whispering

• Onomatopoeia

• Poet

• Stanza

• Rhyme Scheme

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

A group of lines in a poem

• Alliteration

• Rhyme Scheme

• Stanza

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

The beat to which your body moves

• Simile

• Rhythm

• Personification

• Line Break

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

A pattern that the author created on purpose at the end of lines

ABAB AABB

• Speaker

• Rhyme Scheme

• Hyberbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

The author of the poem

• Poet

• Poetry

• Metaphor

• Author

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5