Poetry Elements

a group of lines forming a unit in a poem (like a paragraph)

• stanza

• paragraph

• lines

• couplet

Answer explanation

a 2 line stanza is a couplet

a 4 line stanza is a quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

a comparison between 2 unlike things using "like" or "as"

• metahpor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Answer explanation

Another example?

She was as clever as a fox.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

a directly stated comparison without using like or as

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Answer explanation

Another example?

Our defensive line was a rock wall last night.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

You're a nasty, wasty skunk.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I'm like a bird.​ (a)   ​ ​

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

your words like knives that you use against me​ (a)   ​ ​ ​

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

your voice like nails​ on a chalkboard (a)   ​

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind?​ (a)  

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

like a house of cards one blow from caving in​ (a)  

• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

​ Baby you're a firework​ (a)  

• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4