Elements of Poetry

Similes, metaphors, personification, exaggeration or hyperbole

Poetry is more figurative than literal

• Alliteration

• Figurative Language

• Stanza

• Speaker

When the author repeats the beginning sound of words in a line

• Poet

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

When the last words in a verse have similar ending sounds

You- Mew Night- right

• Rhyme

• Symbolism

• Stanza

• Theme

Sensory details that appeals to your hearing

• Onomatopoeia

• Poet

• Stanza

• Rhyme Scheme

Literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through the use of a distinctive style that is often rhythmic and may have elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas​ (a)  

• poetry

• speaker

• tone

• mood

Match the following descriptions of poetic elements with the correct term.

• Mason's belief about the rhythm of lines with ten syllables each.

• It consists of lines with ten syllables each.

• Michael's argument about emphasizing rhyming couplets.

• It emphasizes rhyming couplets.

• A common misconception about relying on visual imagery.

• It relies on visual imagery.

• Zoe's argument about a specific rhyme scheme.

• It uses a specific rhyme scheme.

Which of the following is an element of free verse poetry?

• It presents a lesson that can be learned

• It uses figurative language to create imagery

• It does not follow a rhyming pattern

• Its lines are not similar in length

The ​ (a)   of a poem is the unit of rhythm, or the pattern of the beats (syllables)

• meter

• rhythm

• verse

What do you call a 19-line poem?

• limerick

• villanelle

• cinquain

• haiku

A group of lines in a poem

• Alliteration

• Rhyme Scheme

• Stanza

• Figurative Language