4th Grade Poetry 1
I felt a stirring as my soul came awake,
As the steed stood silent on the shore of the lake.
Sadly I watched as its head gave a quick jerk.
The great horse ran off, and I got back to work.
How many lines are in this stanza?
4
Read this line.
“The sun above was a big ball of fire” (line 3)
What does ball mean in this context?
A: a part of the foot
B: a solid round shape
C: dancing
B
What type of poem has three lines follows a 5-7-5 syllable patter?
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem
(a paragraph of a poem)
I was the only one who saw it, out by the lake,
This creature, such beauty, caused a double take.
A black patch on its forehead, shining mane, bright white coat,
Like a field of snow in some place remote.
How many syllables are in the last line?
10 syllables
What is a simile?
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things by using like or as.
What is imagery?
This is an example of what poetic device?
The cat sat on the mat
What does setting mean?
where and when the story takes place
What is a metaphor?
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things but does NOT use like or as.
TRUE OR FALSE: Words with assonance have to rhyme.
FALSE
What is this an example of?
I was as happy as a clam
Simile
What is rhyme?
Two or more words that have the same middle and end sound.
Read the lines.
"A black patch on its forehead, shining mane, bright white coat,
Like a field of snow in some place remote.” (lines 7-8)
What does the word remote mean in this context?
A: distant
B: mean
C: tool
A
Winter and withered are examples of what?
Assonance
What is an inference?
An educated guess using evidence from the text and your background knowledge.
I was the only one who saw it, out by the lake,
This creature, such beauty, caused a double take.
A black patch on its forehead, shining mane, bright white coat,
Like a field of snow in some place remote.
Which words are the end-rhyme in this stanza?
lake/take, remote/coat
When poets use words that cause us to have feelings, what is that called?
What poetic device is this an example of?
The classroom was a zoo
Metaphor
A genre of writing that often has rhyme, uses figurative language, can cause the reader to have feelings, and has stanzas.
Poetry
Student answers vary.
Trouble is the name of my dog.
She hops and jumps like a frog.
She tears up our shoes.
On sofas she chews.
5 I wish she’d sit still like a log.
Who is trouble?
The speaker's dog
What is assonance?
The repeating of vowel sounds in two or more words in a poem.