Poetic Elements

A comparison between two things using the words like or as to create the comparison

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as. It is stating that one thing is another.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Two or more words within a line of poetry with the same beginning sound

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A poet's use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Giving human qualities to an object or animal

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The repetition of the same ending sound in different words

• repetition

• alliteration

• rhyme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that sound like their meaning

• hyperbole

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An exaggeration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Slam poetry, haikus, and sonnets are examples of different poetry ____

• hyperboles

• styles

• rhyme schemes

• metaphors

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Her smile was as radiant as the bright summer sun.

This is an example of...

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4