Elements of Poetry~Sauder

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• imagery

• simile

Creates a picture in the reader's mind

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• meter

A comparison of two different things. DOESN'T use like or as.

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• simile

A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated.

• onomatopoeia

• meter

• metaphor

• rhyme

Sound words

• alliteration

• imagery

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Giving things that are not human, the personalities or actions of humans.

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem.

• repetition

• rhyme

• stanza

• metaphor

Words that end in the same sound

• rhythm

• personification

• rhyme

• simile

The pattern of rhymes.

• repetition

• metaphor

• rhythm

• rhyme scheme

The musical quality of a poem.

• hyperbole

• repetition

• rhythm

• simile