Five Elements of Poetry

Select all 5 elements of poetry

• figurative language

• imagery

• voice

• ideas and content

• word choice

What is the meaning of figurative language?

• phrases that can't be taken literally and helps readers to visualize

• phrases that must be taken literally and helps readers to visualize

• phrases that can't be taken literally and do not help readers to visualize

Imagery refers to...

• the ability to create an image in the readers mind by using all 5 senses

• the ability to create an image in the readers mind by using only 1 sense

• the ability to create an image in the readers mind by using the sense of sight only

Voice refers to...

• can create feelings that generate emotions and cause the reader to feel something

• can create feelings that do not generate any type of emotions

• the ability to create an image in the readers mind by using all 5 senses

Ideas and content refers to the fact that...

• great poems have great ideas and come from the heart of the writer

• great poems are not great ideas and do not come from the heart of the writer

• can create feelings that generate emotions and cause the reader to feel something

• phrases that can't be understood literally

Word choice is important because...

• word choice can connect with readers, especially since poems are usually short

• word choice does not connect with readers, especially since poems are usually short

• can create feelings that generate emotions and cause the reader to feel something

• the ability to create an image in the readers mind by using all 5 senses

Figurative language are phrases that can't be taken ____

Voice can create feelings that generate _____ and cause the reader to feel something

select 3 different types of figurative language

• simile

• metaphor

• word choice

• alliteration

• ideas and content

How many elements of poetry are there?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 0