Poetry Elements

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

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• theme

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

• Tone

• Stanza

• Meter

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

The message about life that the poem conveys

• imagery

• theme

• tone

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

The attitude or mood the author creates

• meter

• personification

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Words that end in the same sound; end rhyme

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

The words that create a picture in the reader's mind.

• imagery

• theme

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

A comparison of two different things. It is like a simile without like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• tone

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

The pattern of rhymes. A letter is assigned to each end of the line. If it rhymes with another end of the line, it has the same letter.

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• repetition

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.4