Building a Poem
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in an essay.
Stanza
The snow is a white blanket
A metaphor
A direct comparison of two things without using like or as
A metaphor
Create a smilie
comparing using words like or as
True or False
Music is a form of poetry
True
The "voice" behind the poem—not necessarily the author!
The Speaker
The teapot sang a merry tune on the stove.
Personification
The repetition of consonant sounds within a given text (tongue twister)
Alliteration
Give an example of onomatopoeia
Words that imitate a sound
The lesson or message learned in a poem/song
Theme
Words put together to form a line in a poem
A line
The bees were buzzing all around me while I was eating my ice cream
Onomatopoeia
A phrase whose words contradict each other with opposite meaning
Oxymoron
Create a metaphor
Direct comparison without using like or as
The pattern of rhyme at the end of each line
Rhyme scheme
When two words have the same end sound
Rhyme
I wandered lonely as a cloud.
Simile
Words or phrases that appeal to the readers five senses
Imagery
Create a hyperbole
something that is exaggerated
A poem with a long continues block of text, can be read like a book
Free verse
When a sentence or thought carries over from one line to the next
Enjambment
The beautiful baby boy burped
Alliteration
something concrete that stands for something else, like an idea or emotion
Symbolism
Create a sentence that uses alliteration
same consonant sounds
A sound, word or line that is repeated in a poem
repetition