What is Poetry?
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
A Stanza
"Boom! Wham! Pow!"
Onomatopoeia
"She is cute as a button"
Simile
Songlike poems where the author expresses strong personal emotions or feelings.
Lyric Poetry
True or false:
3 main techniques poets use to create sound in their writing is rhyme, repetition, and alliteration.
True
What is the internal feel or beat of a poem called?
Rhythm
This technique has to do with activating the reader's senses - touch, taste, sound, smells, and sight.
Imagery
A three-line poetic form originating in Japan. The first line has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third line again has five syllables.
Haiku
True or False:
Grammar, capitalization, and sentence structure does not apply to poetry.
True
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
Alliteration
"But oh heart! Heart! Heart!
Repitition
A type of poem that does not have any consistent form or rhyme is called?
Free Verse
Words that mean more than their literal meaning; represent other things.
What is figurative language?
"From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favour fire"
- Robert Frost
Rhyme
"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me"
-Emily Dickinson
Personification
A 14 line poem, typically concerning the topic of love. They contain internal rhymes within their 14 lines.
Sonnet
True or False: Sounds, words, and lines can all be repeated for effect in a poem. Like the chorus of a song.
True. Example:Leaving behind nights of terror and fear.
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
What is the attitude or feeling an author creates in their writing called?
Tone
"That holiday is a bundle of joy."
Metaphor
A short poem that praises or reflects an individual, an idea, or an event.
Ode