Poetic Elements

Irony is a literary device that shows:

• Stranger Things at 7pm every night.

• the similarities between words.

• the difference between an author's poems.

• the difference between what is expected and what actually occurs.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Hyperbole is:

• Pronounced hyper-bowl.

• A gross understatement.

• An incredibly dramatic exaggeration.

• A completely truthful statement.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A stanza is

• a group of lines arranged together in a poem

• a paragraph

• when comparing two things with like or as

• a poem with no line separation

Onomatopoeia uses words to:

• describe or imitate a sound made by an action.

• disprove a theory.

• repair broken relationships.

• give human characteristics to non-human objects.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Personification is a figure of speech in which:

• a person can seem more personable.

• human characteristics are given to non-human things.

• a sound is imitated or described.

• non-human things come alive.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A metaphor makes a comparison between two unlike things using:

• "like" or "as"

• a direct comparison

• powerpoint to highlight the similarities

• "which" or "who" or "when"

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A simile uses specific words to compare. These words are:

• "when" or "if"

• "or" or "or"

• this is a trick question, similes use direct comparisons.

• "like" or "as"

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Symbolism is:

• when pictures are worth a thousand words.

• making a direct comparison using "like" or "as."

• a person, place, object, even, or action that represents a deeper meaning.

• an object or situation that the reader examines carefully.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5