Poetry Elements

What is this an example of?

Six slithery snakes slid sideways.

• imagining

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Simile or metaphor?

She was as fast as lightning.

• metaphor

• simile

Simile or metaphor?

He was a book of knowledge.

• metaphor

• simile

What is a poem with 5 lines. It has rhyming words in the 1st, 2nd, and 5th line. The 3rd and 4th lines ryhme. It is funny.

• free verse

• ryhme

• limerick

Which words ryhme in this poem?

I ran all the way to school.

I thought I was really cool.

Then I figured it out.

Saturday is not was school is about.

Which sentence shows alliteration?

• Her smile was a bright as the sun.

• He ran like a train.

• Five furry friends flew on Friday.

• His mind was a computer.

What is each section of a poem called?

• line

• stanza

• word

What type of poem doesn't have to have words that ryhme?

• limerick

• free verse

• acroustic

Fill in the blank to show alliteration. Sam and ___________ sang sweetly on ________________.