Poetry Elements

referred to as an exaggeration; describes something as larger or wildly different than it really is

• Mood

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

direct comparison between two things, "your eyes are the mirror of your soul"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Tone

• Repetition

gives human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas, "The sun's rays reached out and hugged me."

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

the use of a word, phrase or line more than once

• Simile

• Mood

• Personification

• Repetition

comparison between two things using like or as, "your smile is like the warmth of sunshine."

• Metaphor

• Tone

• Mood

• Simile

the language that appeals to the five senses; touch, taste, smell, sight, sound,

• Imagery

• Tone

• Repetition

• Poetry

use of words that sound like the noises they describe

• Free Verse

• Symbol

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

an everyday saying that does not mean exactly what the words say

• Stanza

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

repetition of same consonant sounds at beginning of several words in a sentence or line; sally sells seashells by the seashore

• ballad

• alliteration

• stanza

• narrative poetry

She closed the door, locked it, and put the key carefully in the pocket of her dress. And so, with Toto trotting along behind her, she started on her journey like a novice explorer. There were several roads nearby, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with endless with endless yellow bricks.

Identify the simile from the passage and type it into the text box.

Answer explanation

"...she started on her journey like a novice explorer."