Poetic Elements

What are the "paragraphs" of poems?

• sections

• stanzas

• paragraphs

• lines

Stanzas are made up of _____________.

• lines

• paragraphs

• figurative language

• rhymes

What do similes and metaphors have in common?

• They are types of poems.

• They are both related to sound

• They both use "like" or "as".

• They both compare two unlike things.

A simile

• compares two unlike things using as or like.

• compares two unlike things.

• is language that appeals to the senses.

• is an object that represents something larger than itself.

Imagery is

• the comparison of two unlike things.

• the use of words that mimic sounds.

• an exaggerated statement.

• language that appeals to the senses.

A metaphor

• compares two unlike things using like or as.

• compares two unlike things without using like or as.

• is an exaggerated statement.

• gives human qualities to something not human.

Alliteration

• is repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words.

• gives human qualities to an animal or object.

• is an exaggerated statement.

• is a word that sounds like what it names

Personification

• is words that mimic sounds.

• is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to an animal , object, or idea.

• appeals to the senses.

• compares two unlike things.

Onomatopoeia is:

• a comparison between two unlike things.
• appeals to the senses.
• the use of words that mimic sounds.
• an exaggerated statement.

Identify the figurative language.

"The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands."

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• imagery