Types of Poetry
This type of poetry does not follow rules of rhyme or rhythm.
What is free verse?
“Bang!” “Crash!” “Boom!” are examples of this.
What is Onomatopoeia?
The feeling or atmosphere a poem creates for the reader.
What is Mood?
The final “T” means you must identify this attitude or feeling of the writer.
What is Tone?
“The storm raged angrily across the night sky.”
What is Personification?
A short, humorous poem with a specific rhyme scheme (AABBA).
What is a Limerick?
omparing two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
What is a Simile?
The central idea or message of a poem.
What is Theme?
The “A” in EAT IT means to break down and look deeper.
What is Analyze?
“Roses are red, / Violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, / And so are you.” (ABCB)
What is Rhyme Scheme?
A poem that expresses personal feelings or emotions, often musical in nature.
What is lyrical poetry?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is Personification?
A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose.
What is a Stanza?
The “T” in the middle of EAT IT reminds you to look for this main idea.
What is Theme?
“Peter picked a pair of purple pumpkins.”
What is Alliteration?
A 5-line poem with syllables arranged 5-7-5
What is Haiku?
“Love is a battlefield” is an example of this.
What is a Metaphor?
he way a poem is arranged on the page (line length, stanzas, patterns).
What is Structure?
The “E” in EAT IT stands for this first step.
What is Examine?
“She was as sly as a fox.”
What is a Simile?
A poem meant to be performed.
What is Dramatic poetry?
“Sally sells seashells by the seashore.”
What is Alliteration?
The pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines, labeled with letters.
What is Rhyme Scheme?
The “I” stands for looking at sensory descriptions that appeal to the senses.
What is Imagery?
“Time is money.”
What is a Metaphor?