Elements of Poetry

the repetition of words with the same beginning sound

• repetition

• rhyme

• alliteration

• stanza

two or more words that have the same ending sound

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• stanza

• rhyme

a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a repeating pattern or rhyme

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• stanza

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

a figure of speech where objects are given human characteristics

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• all of the above

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CCSS.L.4.4A

a figure of speech comparing two things saying one is another thing

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

a figure of speech using like or as

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• stanza

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CCSS.L.4.5A

using the same word or phrase over and over again

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• stanza

• repetition

an exaggeration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

a mental picture in your mind as you read

• hyperbole

• imagery

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.3

the sound of the word is the noise that it makes

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

• alliteration