Elements of Poetry and Figurative Language

Groups of lines in a poem are called 

• stanzas
• sections 
• paragraphs 
• parts 

A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like"

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

Giving human characteristics or qualities to an object, idea, or even an animal 

• onomatopoeia 
• sensory detail
• hyperbole 
• personification 

The authors attitude toward the subject of the text.

• tone 
• metaphor 
• simile 
• theme 

What is the following statement an example of?

I'm a riddle in nine syllables

• Simile

• Metaphor

What is the following statement an example of?

The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.

• Simile

• Metaphor

These emphasize sound and give poetry its musical quality:

• Figurative language

• Sound devices

Words that end in the same sound (ex: hat and cat)

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words that are close together (ex: while I nodded, nearly napping)

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

"I do not like green eggs and ham.

I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.

I would not like them here or there.

I would not like them anywhere."

What is the external rhyme scheme?

• ABCD

• AABB

• ABAB