Poetic Elements & Structure

related lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph

• rhyme
• symbol
• figurative language
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

Poetry that uses poetic language but does not follow a pattern of rhyming or meter.

• free verse
• dramatic poetry
• concrete
• narrative 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

author's use this with descriptive words to create a picture in the reader's mind

• onomatopoeia
• imagery
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

language that is not meant to be taken literally

• figurative language
• simile
• rhyme
• lines

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

expression of ideas or feelings through words, usually having form, rhythm, and rhyme

• connotation
• simile
• symbol
• poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

"I will not eat them with a mouse
I will not eat the in a house
I will not eat them here or there
I will not eat them anywhere"
(Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham)
The ending of these lines show ____

• simile
• hyperbole
• rhyme scheme
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

"It is raining cats and dogs" is an example of this type of figurative language

• idiom
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

repeating vowel or consonant sounds at the ends of words

• alliteration
• poetry
• rhyme
• repetition

comparing 2 unlike things using "like", "as", "than" or "resembles"

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

using a sound, word, or phrase more than once in poetry is called....

• alliteration
• repetition
• lines
• meter

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A