Type of Poems
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Figurative Language Examples
Poetry Misc.
100

What type of poem is this?

I made a meme this morning.
I posted it online.
(I asked my mom’s permission.
She said that it was fine.)

Then people started sharing it.
The next thing that I knew,
my meme had spread around the world.
It grew, and grew, and grew!

By lunch my meme went viral.
It had a billion views.
By dinnertime the TV had it
on the evening news.

I earned a penny, maybe two,
from every single share,
and, by the time I went to bed,
I was a millionaire.

I thought of making one more meme
that might go even higher.
But, nah, I’m nearly nine years old.
I think I’ll just retire.

 — Kenn Nesbitt

Narrative Poem 

100

Lines or words that are repeated in a poem 

Repetition 

100

the comparison of two things that are not really alike by using the words like or as

Simile

100

BANG 

Onomatopoeia 

100

The author of a poem 

Poet

200

What type of poem is this?

I own a big fat cat-
The fattest for miles around.
Wherever there's lots of food,
That's where he'll be found.

He's really good at eating.
It's a talent, I suppose.
I'm sure if he keeps at it
He'd win the talent shows.

I own a big fat cat-
He weighs at least a ton.
He couldn't run to save his life.
Yes, he isn't much fun.

His favourite room's the kitchen.
(I'm sure we all know why.)
He eats just about everything,
So that's why, with a sigh...

I'd like to tell you, Teacher,
I'd like to tell you straight,
I might have "accidentally" dropped
My homework in his plate.

Humorous 

200

Where each line of texts end in the poem 

Line Break

200

the repetition of the same beginning sound

alliteration

200

Poetry is pretty popular 

Alliteration 

200

The central idea or lesson of the poem or story 

Theme

300

What type of poem?

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

like a diamond in the sky

Lyrical 

300

A single row of words in a poem

Line 

300

a sound device in which a word makes the sound

onomatopoeia

300

Life is a highway 

Metaphor

300

The voice of a poem 

Speaker

400

What type of poem is this?

Peace is...
When you are outside on a nice warm day
With a cold glass of yellow lemonade.
Slurp, slurp, slurp.
Feeling the warm sun on my back,
Rubbing my hands through the wet green grass,
Listening to the birds singing a distance away.
Quiet...
Now that's PEACE!

Free Verse 

400

A _____ is a group of lines within a poem. 


Stanza 

400

Exaggeration 

Hyperbole
400

I was starving!

Hyperbole

400

The beat of a poem 

Rhythm 

500

often distributed in a specific 5-7-5 pattern

Haiku

500

______ is painting a visual in your mind using your five senses (taste, smell, touch, hear, sight).

Imagery 

500

when human qualities and ideas are given to things

personification

500

He's over the hill

Idiom

500

Something that represents something beyond itself 

Ex. Heart = Love, dove=peace

Symbol

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