Elements of Poetry
Sensory
Vocabulary
Text Structure
Vocabulary Pt. 2
100
Shhhh! Wack! Zoom are all examples of what element of poetry?
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Love is lime-green like two pickles squeaking together. What sense does this line appeal to?
What is sound?
100
Giving non-living things or animals human qualities. Ex. The light danced to Earth
What is personification?
100

Written in order of events by date

Chronological

100

The moral or lesson of the story or poem

What is theme?

200
This poem is an example of what? I am a sword, Sharper than a tongue Nobody can defeat me, Because I am a sword, I can not be hurt by what people say About me, I will not show my anger Against Someone else. By Alex
What is a metaphor?
200
I opened the bedroom door and was overwhelmed by the thought of a basketball players socks that has been worn for a week without being washed. This appeals to what sense?
What is smell?
200
Comparing two things without using the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200

Written to explain how and why something happens

What is cause and effect?

200

The order of events in a story

What is plot?

300
"I have the measles and the mumps, a gash, a rash and purple bumps." What poetry element does this poem have?
What is rhyme?
300
The vibrant rainbow glistened as it cascaded from the bright blue sky to the emerald green grass below. What sense does this line appeal to?
What is sight?
300
When two or more words end with the same sound. Ex. Rose and toes
What is rhyme?
300
Written to give all of the facts or details about a topic.

What is description?

300

A brief statement of the most important ideas or events in a text.

What is a summary?

400
Bossy Bridgette likes to eat Bolivian brownies because she is a bad baker. What poetry element does this sentence show?
What is alliteration?
400
The cats fur was like a soft cotton blanket that was worn, but was fluffy and velvety. What sense does this line appeal to?
What is touch?
400
A paragraph in a poen that is larger than a line, but not the whole poem.
What is a stanza?
400

Written in order of steps in a procedure or recipe.

What is sequence?

400

An educated guess based on what you know and what the text states.

What is an inference?

500
The chair sat there waiting for me to sit down. What poetry element is shown in this sentence?
What is personification?
500
Bang! Boom! Zoom! The cars sped by cracking the air as they passed by. What sense does this line appeal to?
What is sound?
500
When a word is spelled just like the sound it makes. Ex. Zoom
What is onomatopoeia?
500

Written in order to show the similarities and differences in two or more things.

What is cause and effect?

500

How an author feels about the subject or topic of a text.

What is tone? 

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