Poetry Elements

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

• Mood

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Tone

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

attitude a writer takes toward a subject

• Hyperbole

• Mood

• Tone

• Imager

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Simile

• Mood

• Personification

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the feeling or atmosphere that a poem creates

• Tone

• Mood

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• Metaphor

• Tone

• Mood

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Imagery

• Tone

• Repetition

• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

use of words that sound like the noises they describe

• Free Verse

• Symbol

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• Stanza

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D