Poetry
The rows within a poem are called...
Lines
What is a word that helps create a picture in your mind when you read a poem?
Varied Answers
Ms. G's example: describing words (soft, fluffy, bright)
The use of words that imitate the sound of what they represent. Give an example.
Onomatopoeia
EX: Boom, Pow, Buzz, Etc.
Give an example of figurative language.
Answers will vary
Complete the poem by filling in the blank. My teacher calls me sweetie cakes. My classmates think it's funny to hear her call me angel face or pookie bear or honey. She calls me precious baby doll. She calls me pumpkin pie or doodle bug or honey bunch or darling butterfly. My class is so embarrassing I need to find another; just any class at all in which the teacher's not my __________.
Mother
A group of lines within a poem is called...
Stanza
In poetry, what literary device can be used to describe how something feels, tastes, sounds, looks, or smells?
Imagery
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?
Alliteration
What type of figurative language does the line below contain...and why? He eyes sparkled bright like stars twinkling in the sky!
What is a simile, because it uses "like" or "as" to compare TWO things
What point of view is this poem told in... The tighty-whity spider went down the waterslide. Got a water wedgie halfway down the ride. Jumped up and screamed and ran around in pain. Now the tighty-whity spider will not do that again.
What is third person
a word or phrase used multiple times in a text, for the purpose of emphasizing an emotion or idea.
Repetition
What sense does the line below appeal to? How do you know? The blistery cold air made my teeth shake and chatter.
What is the sense of touch/feeling
What type of figurative language does the line below contain...and why? I’ve told you a million times to clean your room!
What is hyperbole, because it's exaggerated.
What type of figurative language does the line below contain...and why? The toast jumped out of the toaster.
What is personification, because humans jump
What point of view is this poem told in... My dog plays invisible Frisbee. He catches invisible balls. He rides an invisible skateboard. He hurdles invisible walls. My dog has perfected the practice of doing invisible tricks. He jumps with invisible jumpropes and fetches invisible sticks.
1st person
How does a poet create rhythm in a poem?
Created through the use of syllables and rhymes.
What sense does the line below appeal to? How do you know? I jumped, startled by the loud booming whistle of the speeding train as it flew by on the squeaky tracks.
What is sense of hearing.
What type of figurative language does the line below contain...and why? My mom said my bedroom could have been a pigsty!
What is a metaphor, because two things are compared WITHOUT using like or as.
What is a metaphor, because two things are compared WITHOUT using like or as.
Create your own Alliteration using the beginning sound /g/
Vary Answers
Ms. G's example- Guilstorf's green, giggle goat gobbled grapes.
What point of view is this poem told in? The record, so far, for the world's biggest burp, is held by Belinda Melinda McNurp. It wasn't on purpose. She wasn't to blame. Her tummy just rumbled, and out the burp came. Her mother and father both covered their ears. Her brother and sister were nearly in tears. Her puppy looked panicked and yipped as he fled. Her kitten just cowered and covered his head.
What is third person