Poetic Elements and Structure

a word that makes a sound (example: bang, click)

• imagery
• denotation
• onomatopeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole
• connotation
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

rhythmical pattern of a poem where syllables are stressed and unstressed

• stanza
• meter
• poetry
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

human qualities or ideas are given to non human things

• idiom
• alliteration
• imagery
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

related lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph

• rhyme
• symbol
• figurative language
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

dictionary definition of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• hyperbole
• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Poetry that uses poetic language but does not follow a pattern of rhyming or meter.

• free verse
• dramatic poetry
• concrete
• narrative 

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

author's use this with descriptive words to create a picture in the reader's mind

• onomatopoeia
• imagery
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

language that is not meant to be taken literally

• figurative language
• simile
• rhyme
• lines

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

expression of ideas or feelings through words, usually having form, rhythm, and rhyme

• connotation
• simile
• symbol
• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3