Poetry Elements

A group of lines is called a _______________________.

• lines

• paragraphs

• sentences

• stanza

A _____________ _______________ is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

• Graphic Elements

• Rhyme Scheme

Poems may have a regular _________________, which is the repetition of similar sounds

• Meter

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Graphic Elements

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, gives a line of poetry a predictable ___________________, or pattern of beats.

• Graphic Elements

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• meter

_________________ uses words that imitate or suggest the sound of what they describe, such as hiss and thud.

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

• onomatopeia

Poets use _______________, or language that appeals to the senses, to help readers visualize what they read.

• Imagery

• Figurative Language

• Similie

• Metaphor

____________________ ________________________ communicates ideas beyond the literal meanings of words.

• Imagery

• Figurative Language

• Simile

• Central Idea

Poets use _______________________ to write about an idea, an object, or an animal as if it were human.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author
• Speaker
• Narrator
• Main character

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.
• Words that sound alike.
• An exaggeration.
• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.