Poetry Elements 1

Imagery

• The repetition of the same sounds at the ends of words

• a common or overused expression that is not meant to be taken literally (Ex: "I'm all ears")

• Language that appeals to the readers' sense of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Metaphor

• Direct comparison of unlike things (NOT using "like" or "as")

• Compares two unlike things using like or as

• Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally

• A group of lines in a poem; a verse; like a paragraph in a book

Personification

• The general attitude or feeling a poem gives the reader

• The message or lesson that the poet is trying to communicate with the reader. The deeper, hidden, secret meaning.

• The poems tells a story Beginning/Middle/End

• A comparison that gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.

Rhyme

• The repetition of the same sounds at the ends of words

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

• The use of words that imitate sounds or noises

Rhythm

• Compares two unlike things using like or as

• The repetition of the same sounds at the ends of words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Simile

• Compares two unlike things using like or as

• Direct comparison of unlike things (NOT using "like" or "as")

• Language that appeals to the readers' sense of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

• words or expressions whose meaning is different than the literal meaning

Mood

• The use of words that imitate sounds or noises

• The general attitude or feeling a poem gives the reader

• The message or lesson that the poet is trying to communicate with the reader. The deeper, hidden, secret meaning.

• words or expressions whose meaning is different than the literal meaning

Theme

• The poems tells a story Beginning/Middle/End

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

• Language that appeals to the readers' sense of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

• The message or lesson that the poet is trying to communicate with the reader. The deeper, hidden, secret meaning.

Alliteration

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

• The repetition of the same sounds at the ends of words

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• Language that appeals to the readers' sense of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

Hyperbole

• Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally

• The use of words that imitate sounds or noises

• words or expressions whose meaning is different than the literal meaning

• a common or overused expression that is not meant to be taken literally (Ex: "I'm all ears")