Poetry Basics
Traditional Forms
History
Shakespeare
Poetic Devices
100
writing with imaginative language to evoke an emotional response
What is poetry?
100
This form a poetry has a vertically stacked title. The line written for each letter relates to the theme or title of the poem.
What is an acrostic poem?
100
This ancient Greek epic tells the story of a warrior returning from the Fall of Troy; he tricks a cyclops.
What is "The Odyssey?"
100
Shakespeare wrote 154 of these (that we know of)... they have a strict rhyme scheme and rhythm.
What is a sonnet?
100
An example of this device would be the beginning consonant sounds in "tired tangy touchy tiger".
What is alliteration?
200
You do this instead of clapping in a jazz/slam poetry club to show your like and appreciation of the poet.
What is snapping?
200
This form of poetry has a strict rhythm structure of 5, 7, 5, and is usually written in the present tense.
What is a haiku?
200
These are the oldest layers of Sanskrit and Hindu literature, carved into stones and runes from ancient India.
What are the "Vedas"?
200
Th time period in which Shakespeare lived (Either the century or the what hundreds?)
What is the 1500s (or 16th century)?
200
Recurring words or phrases in a song or poem
What is repetition?
300
This is the reason why poetry was invented (Because....?)
Because nobody wants to MEMORIZE a long story!!
300
This form of poetry has lyrics instead of words, and is meant to be sung instead of spoken normally.
What is a song?
300
These are the nine goddesses who inspired poets and artists, daughters of the god Zeus and goddess Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory.
Who are the Muses?
300
Shakespeare once offered the insult, "I would challenge you to a battle of ______________, but I see you are unarmed!"
What are wits?
300
An example of this would be: AABBCCDD or ABABCDCD
What is rhyme scheme?
400
This is where all your poetry notes should be kept...
What is a unit organizer?
400
This form of poetry does not follow any set rhyme scheme or rhythm- line breaking is the most important thing to consider.
What is free verse?
400
Before the time of paper, this was invented around 3,000 B.C. to write on; it was extremely time consuming to make.
What is papyrus?
400
This poetic foot consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
What is an iamb?
400
descriptive language for a strong mental picture
What is Imagery?
500
This poet wrote "Oranges", a poem about a young boy on his first date with a girl.
Who is George Soto?
500
This form of poetry has a rhyme scheme of AABBA and a name that does not sound like it's spelled.
What is limerick?
500
Around 105 AD, this was the path traveled by the Chinese to deliver paper to the Middle East and Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
500
This is a rhythm structure that consists of 5 iambs.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
500
repeated consonants at the ends of words
What is consonance?
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