Poetry Terms
This is when words sound the same at the beginning, middle, or end of a line of poetry.
rhyme
Not just about this emotion, ballads can also be heroic or comedic
love
What is the name of the plant by the window. Double points if you know what kind of plant it is.
Groot the jade plant.
The daisy hugging the earth / in August, ha!
personification
A four line stanza is called a...
quatrain
Ballads often use this pattern: a _ _ _
b c b
Mr. Michaelson went to the same college as what famous NBA player?
Steph Curry
The moon glowed over the cool blue pool.
Assonance
This is a pattern of beats that you hear in a poem. (You hear it in rap music a lot.)
rhythm
ANY poem that tells a story with a beginning middle and end is called a...
A narrative poem
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
Saturn
The children chattered and chortled like a tidings of magpies in the morning.
alliteration + simile
This is the pattern of rhyme that happens in poetry. Each line that rhymes receives a letter, and each rhyme after that receives the next letter in the alphabet (example - abab, abcdabcd).
rhyme scheme
When the same line or stanza is repeated throughout the poem, it is called...
A refrain
What animal has 3 hearts?
Octopus
The earth is the cup of the sun, / That filleth at morning
metaphor
Write a stanza in the style of a ballad about outer space, using at least 1 instance of figurative language.
Responses may vary
Write down 5 words with at least 2 syllables that rhyme with the word 'fright'
What is the difference between a fiddle and a violin?
None! Just the music that is played on it.
Write a single sentence about something at Carine SHS that uses alliteration and a metaphor (40 seconds)
Responses may vary