The Elements of Poetry

A ____ is a literary work in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative

qualities to create a specific emotional or intellectual response in the reader or listener.

• Poem

• Alliteration

• Meter

• Simile

A ______ is a group of lines in a poem, typically separated from others by a blank line. They are often defined by their rhyme scheme, meter, and number.

• Poem

• Stanza

• Meter

• Rhyme

The _____ of a poem is its underlying message or central idea. It is often an

abstract concept that is explored through the use of specific images, symbols, and language.

• Idiom

• Foot

• Imagery

• Theme

_______ refers to the use of language to create vivid sensory experiences for the reader or listener. This can include visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile.

• Foot

• Imagery

• Theme

• Metaphor

A ____ is a unit of meter in poetry, consisting of one or more stressed and unstressed syllables.

• Acrostic

• Rhyme

• Foot

• Idiom

A comparison between two things that are not literally related, without using "like" or "as", for example, "Love is a rose" or "His heart was a stone", is called a ________.

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning that's different from its literal meaning, like "It's raining cats and dogs" means it's raining heavily, not that actual cats and dogs are falling from the sky, is an _____.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Meter

The _____ is the correspondence of sounds between words or the ending of words, usually at the end of lines in poetry.

• Imagery

• Theme

• Meter

• Rhyme

The _____ is the rhythmic structure of a poem, created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line. It can help to establish a consistent beat and structure within the poem.

• Meter

• Rhyme

• Theme

• Stanza

___________ are words that sound like the sound they are describing. For example, "buzz", "hiss" or "whisper".

• Repetition

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

• Simile