Graphical Elements
When looking at a poem, you notice all the lines have only three words per line.
What is Line Length?
Her golden hair blew in the wind like a field of wheat.
What is simile?
This poem is three lines long and is typically about nature.
What is a haiku?
The trees danced in the wind.
What is personification?
BANG! ZOOM! BUZZ! CRASH!
What is onomatopoeia?
THE WIND BLOWS IN ALL DIRECTIONS, DANCING AROUND. IT CARRIES AWAY ITS MEMORIES, OF DAYS GONE BY. Graphical Element in this poems is...
What is Capitalization?
The sun almost melted my face when I stepped outside the door.
What is hyperbole?
This type of poem is shaped like a diamond and thus influences the name.
What is diamante?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
I put my foot in my mouth.
What is an idiom?
When you look at a poem and notice ! ? ; : , . or none of this at all
What is Punctuation?
The gates of my childhood home, welcomed me with open arms.
What is personification?
This type of poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line.
What is acrostic?
Descriptive writing that appeals to the senses.
What is Imagery?
This is used to measure rhythm in poetry.
What is meter?
This graphical element is what makes a Concrete poem what it is.
What is Word Positioning / Form/ Shape?
The colorful clouds cascaded over my head.
What is alliteration?
Words of a poem create a picture that relates to the content of the poem.
What is a Concrete Poem?
What the author wants you to know.
What is theme?
Writers use this creative, non-literal language to paint a picture for the reader.
What is Figurative Language?
The separation of lines into groups in a poem
What is stanza?
He was a dark cloud on my already gloomy day.
What is metaphor?
This is a fun five-line poem.
What is a limerick?
"Money cant buy happiness."
What is theme?
Poets use this to help readers to understand the poem and to strengthen the sound or visual appeal of the poem.
What is Graphical Elements?