Elements of Poetry 4th Grade

Where each line of text ends

• Stanza

• Line Break

• Rest

• Period

A group of lines within a poem

• Octave

• Paragraph

• Stanza

• Meter

Words with the same ending sounds at the end of the lines or stanza

• Rhyming Words

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Syllables

A pattern of stressed syllables that create a beat

• Alliteration

• Rhythm

• Tune

• Repetition

Words that create images that appeal to the senses

• Photograph Words

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Sight Words

The same sound or letter at the beginning of words or lines

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Imagery

• Alliteration

A word that imitates the sound it represents like "buzz", "thump", or "pop"

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Copy Cat Words

Lines or words that are repeated to stress importance

• Reused

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

Compares two things using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Contrast

• Metaphor

• Smiley Face

A comparison that is not literally true

• Simile

• Contrast

• Metaphor

• Allusion