Poetic Elements

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

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

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

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

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Giving human qualities to an object or animal

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

The repetition of the same ending sound in different words

• repetition

• alliteration

• rhyme

• rhythm

Words that sound like their meaning

• hyperbole

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• personification

An exaggeration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

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

• hyperboles

• styles

• rhyme schemes

• metaphors

Her smile was as radiant as the bright summer sun.

This is an example of...

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification