Literary Elements in Poetry

Who is a poet?

• The person a poem is about

• The person SPEAKING in a poem

• The person who wrote the poem

• The person reading the poem

The voice SPEAKING in the poem is known as:

• The "persona" aka the "speaker"

• The poet

• The subject of the poem

• The author

When two or more words start with the same consonant sound

• assonance

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

A comparison that uses "like" or "as"

• paradox

• metaphor

• simile

• juxtaposition

a figure of speech that makes a comparison by calling one thing another, unrelated thing for symbolic effect

• metaphor

• analogy

• simile

• paradox

Vivid description that appeals to the reader's 5 senses

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• metaphor

• imagery

When a text makes a REFERENCE to something outside the text. It can be something in the world, in history, or in a different text.

• Simile

• Paradox

• Illusion

• Allusion

When something non-human is given human characteristics

• alliteration

• personification

• paradox

• onomatopoeia

A statement that seems absurd because it contradicts itself.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• paradox

This poem relies on _____________ as the dominant element

• alliteration

• repetition

• simile

• metaphor