Poetic Elements

The repetition of a beginning consonant (or sometimes vowel) sound

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

The repetition of vowel sounds (usually the middle of words)

• Oxymoron

• Analogy

• Assonance

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The repetition of similar sounds, especially consonant sounds, often at the end of words

• Consonance

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Words that imitate sounds

• Onomatopoeia

• poetry that is repeated

• Repetition

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A repeating pattern of sounds and syllables

• Alliteration

• poetry that is repeated

• Rhythm

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Restatement of words, phrases, or sentences for emphasis

• Hyperbole

• Extended metaphor

• Analogy

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A comparison that says that one thing is like another using the words "like" or "as."

• Simile

• poetry that is repeated

• Assonance

• End Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A comparison that suggests that one thing is the same as the other; items being compared are dissimilar.

• Metaphor

• End Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

a metaphor that is used in an entire text.

• Extended metaphor

• Pun

• Personification

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Two or more rhyming words within one line of poetry

• Analogy

• Internal rhyme

• Oxymoron

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4