R6 Elements of Poetry Test

The voice or point of view in a poem

• tone

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

• speaker

Division of a poem into sections with a certain number of lines per section

• stanza

• repetition

• main idea

• allusion

The experience expressed in a poem; what a poem shows about the world, life, or human existence

• tone

• speaker

• main idea

• stanza

Words or word combinations that appeal to our senses: visual, sound, touch, smell, and taste.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• imagery

Emotion and attitude felt in the way the poem is written

• stanza

• speaker

• tone

• main idea

Words or phrases that appear several times in order to give a poem musical quality or to draw attention to an idea

• stanza

• consonance

• alliteration

• repetition

Repetition consonant sounds in multiple words close to one another

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• rhyme

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• rhyme

Repetition of vowel sounds

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• rhyme

Words that imitate sounds

• alliteration

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• personification