WorksheetsPoetry Elements Definitions
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 3hrs 45mins
Compare two things together. Usually formed in a sentence with "like" and "as".
Example: "Life is like a box of chocolates."
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
The word is also the sound.
Example: Boom, pow, hiss, pop.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
Exaggerated claims.
Example: So hungry I could eat a horse!
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
Putting human characteristics to something not human.
Example: Lightning danced across the sky.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
Same letter or sound at beginning of closely connected words.
Example: Money matters, picture perfect, rocky road.
Alliteration
Repetition
Rhyme
Imagery
The act of repeating something.
Example: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Alliteration
Repetition
Rhyme
Imagery
Close similarity in the final sounds of two or more words or lines of writing.
Example: Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
Alliteration
Repetition
Rhyme
Imagery
Visual descriptive or figurative language.
Example: The autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground.
Alliteration
Repetition
Rhyme
Imagery
Represents or stands for something else.
Example: Cross is used for a symbol of Christianity. The peace sign is a symbol for peace.
Symbol
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Rhyme
Comparing something without using like or as.
Example: Superman is the man of steel.
Symbol
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Rhyme
Two words that are opposite.
Example: Living dead, dead awake, the silence was loud, big baby.
Symbol
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Rhyme
