Usually has a rhyme scheme
Has rhythm
Used to express feelings
What is poetry?
200
Ending sounds the same for most words
Ex. Sun & Fun
Ex. Duck & Luck
Ex. Sting & Ring
What is rhyming?
200
American Statesman
Retired as a 4-star general in the U.S. Army
First African American to serve that position
Served as National Security Adviser from 1987-1989
Who is Colin Powell?
300
First letter in most words starts with the same letter.
Ex. Logan likes to lick lollipops and lose lions lately.
What is an alliteration?
300
Served as president of South Africa from 1994-1999
Anti-apartheid activist before serving
Leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress
Who is Nelson Mandela?
400
Has the word going down
Every letter has something describing the word
Exciting
Never ending
Greatness
Language
Intelligence helps
Shameful if you don't know it
Heartfelt work
What is an acrostic poem?
400
Born in 1908
Applied to the University of Maryland Law School in 1930, but was denied because he was black
Later became Chief Counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
500
Has the rhyme scheme of...
Line1: One word
Line2: Two words
Line 3: Three words
Line 4: Four words
Line 5: One word
What is a cinquain poem?
500
Born in 1913 and passed away in 2005
On December 1,1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up the bus seat to a white person
Her act became a historic even in the Civil Rights Movement