Types of Poetry
These are like sentences in a poem.
This poet wrote books like "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "A Light in the Attic."
A group of lines within a poem is called a ____________.
This is a form of Japanese poetry that expresses a single feeling or impression and contains three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, respectively.
This is a figure of speech that compares two things that aren't alike. (An eraser is as pink as a pig.)
A group of words difficult to pronounce because of similar consonant sounds. (Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.)
A ____________ is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. (Examples: The classroom was a zoo. Life is a rollercoaster. Your brain is a computer.)
This type of poem or word is a line or sentence that reads the same both forward and backward, either letter by letter or word by word. The word can go back to front (racecar), and the poem can be read to bottom or bottom to top.
Can you guess what the one word title of this poem might be?
I made myself a ______ , as perfect as could be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet & let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas and a pillow for its head.
Then last night it ran away, , but first it wet the bed.
This refers to the use of words whose sound suggests the sense. (Zoom, zap, crash!)
A repetition of consonant sounds, such as "the smooth skaters suddenly swerved."
These are words that are pronounced the same and spelled the same, but have different meanings.