Elements of Poetry

A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space are...

• metaphor

• line

• simile

• stanza

Using words to paint a picture in the reader's mind is known as...

• simile

• personification

• imagery

• rhyme

Repetition is..

• Makes a comparison without using like or as

• words created through the use of figurative language or vivid descriptions

• a repeating pattern of sounds or words

Which is an example of imagery?

• I enjoy reading.

• I feel hot, I hear the waves, my toes touch the sand.

• I love the stars like a woman loves her child.

• I like to hike.

Birds bathe backward in the birdbath. This is an example of what element?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• meter

Choose the correct element.

Jenny loves to sing

whenever the phone ring

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

Choose the correct element.

And the cows go "moooo"

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Choose the correct element.

I am so so so so so so lucky.

• Rhyme

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Simile

Stanzas are made up of _____________.

• lines
• other stanzas
• figurative language
• rhymes

What do similes and metaphors have in common?

• They are examples of form.
• They don't have anything in common.
• They both use "like" or "as".
• They both compare two things.