Poetry Elements

two or more words that have the same ending sound

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• stanza

• rhyme

two or more words that have the same ending sound

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• stanza

• rhyme

using the same word or phrase over and over again

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• stanza

• repetition

an exaggeration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

an exaggeration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

The stressed or unstressed syllable pattern within lines of a poem. The author may change this throughout the poem or keep it the same.

• simile

• meter

• metaphor

• repetition

What is a line break?

• Where two lines separate

• Where each line of the texts end in the poem

• Where once stanza ends with two lines

What is a stanza?

• group of lines in a story

• group of lines in science fiction

• group of lines in a poem

Rhyme is________________

• Words that rhyme in every stanza

• Every first line sounds the same

• Words that end with the same sound

In Poetry-What is repetition?

• to repeat every word three times in a row

• to repeat words that have vowels

• to repeat sounds, words, or phrases