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Types of Poetry
Code the end rhyme
Sensory Language
Figurative Language
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The rows within a poem are called

Lines

100

This type of poem does not have a rhythm or rhyme to it

What is free verse

100

Mary had a little lamb

It’s fleece was white as snow

And everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go.

 

ABCB

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What sense does the line below appeal to? How do you know? The aroma of sunscreen filled the air as the waves crashed and kids screamed with delight.
What is the sense of hearing
100

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

200
A group of lines within a poem is called a
Stanza
200

What type of poem is this?


  The fog comes

  on little cat feet.

  It sits looking

  over harbor and city

  on silent haunches

  and then moves on.

What is free verse

200

Code the end rhyme


Rain, rain, go away

Come again another day

Little children want to play,

Rain, rain go away

AAAA

200
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
200

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.

300
Author's purpose is the reason an author may write. What are the three reasons that we learned about? Remember P.I.E.

Persuade, Inform and Entertain

300

What type of poem is this?

 As a friend to the children commend me the Yak.

    You will find it exactly the thing:

  It will carry and fetch, you can ride on its back,

  Or lead it about with a string.

What is a rhyming poem?

300

The rain was like a little mouse,

Quiet, small and gray.

It pattered all around the house.

And then it went away.

ABAB

300
What sense does the line below appeal to? How do you know? As the rain cleared a beautiful rainbow appeared behind the shining sun.
What is the sense of sight.
300

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

400

What does the following punctuation cause the reader to do: Periods, ellipses (…), and dashes (-) 

Call for a longer pause or stop

400

This type of poem where words are used to create a shape

What is a concrete poem?

400

Go tell your papa where the yak can be got,

  And if he is awfully rich

  He will buy you the creature- or else he will not.

  (I can not be positive which.)

ABAB

400
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.
400

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.

500

What do commas tell the reader to do?

They signal a shorter pause

500

This type of poem has a clear end rhyme and a pattern

What is a rhyming poem?

500

A diamond is a brilliant stone

  To catch the world’s desire

  An opal holds a fiery spark

  But a flint holds a fire.

ABCB

500

What sense does the line below appeal to? How do you know? My eyes watered as I searched for water, anxious to find something to calm the fire I was feeling. My mom was right, the salsa was HOT!

What is the sense of taste.

500

What type of figurative language does the line below contain...and why? Samuel ate some salty, slimy salmon for supper.

What is alliteration, because the same beginning sound is repeated over and over again.