Poetry elements and figurative language

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

• hyperbole 
• metaphor 
• alliteration 
• simile 

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

A direct comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words "like" or "as" in the comparison.  It often uses "is" in the comparison.

• metaphor 
• simile 
• onomatopoeia
• adverb

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• onomatopoeia 
• sensory detail
• hyperbole 
• personification 

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is the following statement an example of?
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly

• Simile
• Metaphor

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

What is the following statement an example of?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?

• Simile
• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space.

• metaphor
• simile
• line
• stanza

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which is an example of personification

• The street is like my heart

• It was so hot we fried

• My eggs stared back like sick eyes

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What type of poetry has three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables?

• Haiku
• Narrative
• Free verse
• Lyric

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What type of poetry must have 5 lines and follows a specific rhythm and rhyme pattern?

• Limerick
• Ballad
• Haiku
• Narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

What type of poetry is most commonly about nature?

• Haiku
• Ballad
• Narrative
• Limerick

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5