Figurative Language
Central Idea
Poetry Terms
Vocabulary
Poetry
100

The flowers danced in the wind

Personification

100

What is another name for central idea?

main idea

100

What is a poem paragraph called?

A stanza

100

What is another name for theme?

The message, lesson or moral

100

What type of poem is this?

The sky is so blue

The sun is so warm up high

I love the summer

haiku


200

The barge sliced through the water like a knife through butter.

Simile


200
What text feature helps us determine the main idea?

The title

200

Define the word poet

a person who writes poetry

200

What is a perspective?

What a person thinks, feels or believes

200

What kind of poem is this?


I tried and tried again today

To get up out of bed

I fear that I have grown sick

In my heart, rather than in my body

I will try again tomorrow


Free verse

300
No one had ever been as tired as he was now.

hyperbole

300

Which sentences in a paragraph or article usually describe or tie to the main idea?

The first or last sentences

300

Write an example of onomatopoeia

Ask Ms. Bee

300

What are at least 3 words we might see in cause and effect text structures?

as a result, because, if, then, 

300

What type of poem is this?


She jumped and jumped

Right on her head

I told her not to 

Jump on the bed

Rhymed verse

400

His heart was a hammer pounding on his chest.

metaphor


400

What should be included in a summary?

Only important details

400

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

As I walked out one evening,
Walking down Bristol Street,
The crowds upon the pavement
Were fields of harvest wheat.  

ABCB

400

What is a heading?

Something that breaks apart a text into sections

400

What type of poem is this?

There was an old man on the sea

Who wanted to have a baby

So he threw out his net

To see what he could get

And ended up catching a guppy

Limerick

500

Write a 5 word example of alliteration.

Ask Ms. Bee

500

Describe how summarizing is connected to the main idea.

Summarizing tells only the important supporting details to give the reader a clear idea of the main idea.

500

What is the mood of this poem?


This summer day is full of ease, 

my bank is full of money, 

our lilac bush is full of bees, 

And I am full of honey

Happy

500

What is the difference between a cause and effect text structure and a problem solution text structure?

Cause and effect is when something happens to cause another, but problem and solution has ways to solve a specific problem

500

What kind of poem is this?


No one is stressed

No more weight on their chest

This is why summer is the best

Rhymed verse