Poetic Elements

a word that makes a sound (example: bang, click)

• imagery
• denotation
• onomatopeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

related lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph

• rhyme
• symbol
• figurative language
• stanza

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

"I will not eat them with a mouse
I will not eat the in a house
I will not eat them here or there
I will not eat them anywhere"
(Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham)
The ending of these lines show ____

• simile
• hyperbole
• rhyme scheme
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked" is an example of what sound device?

• assonance

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

comparing 2 unlike things using "like", "as", "than" or "resembles"

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• assonance

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

comparing two unlike things saying that one thing is the other (do not use "like" or "as")

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• stanza

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read the following poem. 
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

• ABCB
• ABAB
• ABBA

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read the following poem. Pay attention to the lines in red. 
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

What type of figurative language is in the red lines?

• personification 
• simile
• hyperbole
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What kind of poem is exhibited below?

Rain on the window

Puddles scattered all around

Drip, drop from the sky.

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Couplet

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

According to the video, what 2 things are being compared?

• Ogres and Crying

• Onions and Crying

• Ogres and Onions

• Ogres and Odor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3