Poetry Elements Grade 10

A string of words in a poem, not necessarily a full sentence or phrase

• Figurative language

• line

• free verse

• metaphor

The pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry

• style

• grammar

• rhythm

• hyperbole

Word choice, or the type of language an author uses

• diction

• onomatopoeia

• mood

• tone

The particular set of rules guiding the arrangement of words and lines in a poem

• figurative labguage

• theme

• free verse

• poetic form

The particular set of rules guiding the arrangement of words and lines in a poem

• rhyme

• poetic form

• metaphor

• mood

A system of language rules used to form sentences in speech or writing

• grammar

• setting

• simile

• personification

The repetition of the same or similar sounds in a poem

• alliteration

• rhyme

• tone

• Point of view

Expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level

• atmosphere

• figurative language

• hyperbole

• style

The basic unit of a poem, made up of a series of lines

• grammar

• poetic form

• theme

• stanza

A regular pattern which gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm.

• meter

• style

• alliteration

• mood