Elements of Poetry

Poetry is more figurative than literal

• Alliteration

• Figurative Language

• Stanza

• Speaker

When the author repeats the beginning sound of words in a line

• Poet

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

When the last words in a verse have similar ending sounds

You- Mew Night- right

• Rhyme

• Symbolism

• Stanza

• Theme

Sensory details that appeals to your hearing

• Onomatopoeia

• Poet

• Stanza

• Rhyme Scheme

What are the elements of poetry?

• Structure, sound, rhyme scheme, and figurative language

• Characters, plot, setting, and conflict

• Facts, opinions, arguments, and evidence

• Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Several lines grouped together in a poem

(Literary Element)

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

Match the following descriptions of poetic elements with the correct term.

• A common misconception about relying on visual imagery.

• It uses a specific rhyme scheme.

• Michael's argument about emphasizing rhyming couplets.

• It emphasizes rhyming couplets.

• Mason's belief about the rhythm of lines with ten syllables each.

• It consists of lines with ten syllables each.

• Zoe's argument about a specific rhyme scheme.

• It relies on visual imagery.

Literature that is written in verse and uses rhythm and rhyme to share a strong feeling with the reader.

• Historical Fiction

• Non Fiction

• Poetry

• Traditional Fiction

Lines arranged in groups called stanzas is an element of which form of literature?

• poetry

• prose

• drama

Literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through the use of a distinctive style that is often rhythmic and may have elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas​ (a)  

• poetry

• speaker

• tone

• mood