Elements of Poetry Vocab

Where each line of a text ends.

• Hyperbole

• Stanza

• Rhythm

• Line break

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

An exaggeration, usually used for dramatic effect or to make people laugh.

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Words with the same ending sounds at the end of lines or stanzas.

• Rhythm

• Repetition

• Rhyming words

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that create images that appeal to the senses.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Stanza

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Lines or words that are repeated to stress importance.

• Imagery

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Words or expressions that mean something different from their dictionary definitions.

• Line break

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

A comparison of two things by saying that one thing is another.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object.

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The same sound or letter at the beginning or words or lines.

• Line break

• Alliteration

• Rhyming words

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4