Structure
Sound
Figurative
Strategies
Types of Poems
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A group of words in a poem... "your sentence" 

What is a line?

100
A sound, word, or phrase that is repeated throughout a poem.
What is repetition?
100
Comparing two different things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100

Step 1

number your lines

100

Poem that TELL A STORY usually rhymes and it has characters, setting, problem and a solution.

Narrative Poem

200
A poem paragraph.
What is a stanza?
200

A word that imitates the sound it describes. For example BAM! Bzzz, boom! 

What is onomatopoeia?

200
Comparing two different things without "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
200

Step 2

number your stanzas
200
Poem that tries to tell a FUNNY story or describe a FUNNY moment.

Humorous poem

300

When words SOUND the same...

Rhyme

300

The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word.

For example: Peter Piper Pizza is the Pizza People Pick

What is alliteration?

300

Giving non-human things human behaviors, emotions, thoughts, etc.

What is personification?

300

Step 3

Circle the last word of EACH line

300

Poem that DESCIBES a FEELING or a MOMENT, usually expresses feelings with a language that is very musical and it rhymes.

Lyrical poem

400

The person who WRITES POEMS

Poet

400

When words repeat, repeat, and repeat.

What is repetition?

400

This is an example: "Quiet as a mouse"

What is a simile?

400
Step 4
Find the Rhyme Scheme
400
Poem that DOES NOT RHYME.

Free verse poem

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