Elements of Poetry Vocabulary

Poetry can tell a story, describe a situation, or appeal to the senses.

• True

• False

Where each line of texts ends

• line break

• stanza

A group of lines within a poem

• line break

• stanza

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

• alliteration

• rhythm

• imagery

• rhyming words

A pattern of stressed syllables that create a beat

• alliteration

• rhythm

• imagery

• rhyming words

Words that create images that appeal to the senses

• alliteration

• rhythm

• imagery

• rhyming words

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

• alliteration

• rhythm

• imagery

• rhyming words

Lines or words that are repeated to stress importance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• rhyming words

What type of figurative language:

I'm happy as a clam.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language:

BOOM! POP! Ring! Crack!

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia