figurative language
figurative language
Poetry Elements
Poetry elements
Poetry elements
100

repeating a word or phrase

What is repetition?

100

non-human things act human

personification


100

a pair of line that rhyme

what is a couplet?

100

words, phrases, or sounds that repeat in poem like a chorus. 

What is a refrain? 

100

there is a beat or cadence created by the emphasis of words or parts of words. A "sing-song" qulity to a poem. 

what is rhyme?

200

repeating a letter ie. Susie sits sideways.

What is alliteration?

200

an exaggeration 

hyperbole

200

a paragraph-like set of lines in a poem

What is a stanza?

200

a word at the end of a line rhymes with another word at the end of another line. 

what is end rhyme?

200

words share some sounds but not all. not a real rhyme but very close. 

what is a near rhyme?

300

comparison using like or as

Simile

300

an overused phrase

cliche

300

a pattern of rhyming in a poem

What is a rhyme scheme?

300

the "narrator" of a poem. 

what is a speaker?

400

comparison without like or as

metaphor

400

a phrase that isn't literal

idiom

400

the author of a poem

what is a poet?

400

the words inside one line rhyme. 

what is internal rhyme?

500

word for sound 

onomatopoeia

500

a play on words ie. What do you call a cinnamon bun that does well in school? An honor roll 

pun 

500

poetry that follows no rules

what is free verse?

500

a grouping of words in a poem.

what is line?

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