Poetic Elements

What is rhyme?

• the use of words that imitate sounds

• the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• two lines that have the same end sound

• visually descriptive or figurative language

What is the use of words that imitate sounds?

• imagery

• idiom

• onomatopeia

• metaphor

What is an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally?

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• idiom

What is the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea?

• idiom

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

• rhyme

• lines

• the title

• stanza

What is visually descriptive or figurative language?

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• rhyming

• simile

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

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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

• assonance

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a comparison using "like" or "as?"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

What is a comparison not using like or as?

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom