Basic Elements of Poetry

The attitude of the author towards its subject is called _________.

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

It is the emotion of feeling conveyed to the readers after reading a poem.

• Mood

• Tone

• Addressee

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When something stands for something else ex: tree = life

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Similes, metaphors, personification, exaggeration or hyperbole

Poetry is more figurative than literal

• Alliteration

• Figurative Language

• Stanza

• Speaker

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When the author repeats the beginning sound of words in a line

Peter Piper Pizza

• Poet

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A group of lines in a poem

• Alliteration

• Rhyme Scheme

• Stanza

• Figurative Language

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The person narrating the poem

• Narrator

• Author

• Speaker

• Playwright

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Imagery is:

• comparison of two unlike things.
• the use of words that mimic sounds.
• an exaggerated statement.
• language that appeals to the senses.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The truth, message or lesson of a poem is called the _______.

• Stanza

• Mood

• Theme

• Rhyme

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9