Elements of Poetry

Words that end with the same sound.

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Repetition

Tags

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The musical quality or beat.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Rhythm

Tags

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To repeat sounds, words, or phrases

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Rhythm

Tags

4.1

A vivid description using the 5 senses.

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• imagery

• Rhythm

Tags

4.1

Compare 2 things using words "like" or "as".

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• imagery

• Simile

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Compare 2 things NOT using words "like" or "as".

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• imagery

• Simile

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Repeating beginning sounds.

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• imagery

• Simile

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Sounds like noise or actions.

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

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Makes a Non-human thing seem human.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

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4.1