Elements of Poetry

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author

• Narrator

• Speaker

• Main Character

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• The repetition of a letter.

• The repetition of an ending sound.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is "alliteration"?

• The use of synonyms.

• Words that sound alike.

• An exaggeration

• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Groups of lines in a poem are called

• Stanzas

• Sections

• paragraphs

• Parts

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

When words end with the same sound, the words

• verse

• rhyme

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

A comparison of two unlike things using"as" or "like"

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A direct comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words "like" or "as" in the comparison. It often uses "is" in the comparison.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Adverb

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Giving human characteristics or qualities to an object, idea, or even an animal

• Onomatopoeia

• Sensory detail

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the following statement an example of? Life is a broken - winged bird that cannot fly.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7