Vocabulary
A person who writes poetry.
What is a poet?
In a poem, a word or row of words that may or may not form a complete sentence.
What is a line?
A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Consists of just three lines.
What is a Haiku?
What is imagery?
This is a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
His reindeer is as fast as a flash.
Simile or metaphor?
What is a simile?
Can rhyme or not and does not have to have a certain amount of lines or stanzas.
What is Free Verse?
When a writer repeats sounds, words, or ideas for effect or to emphasize something
What is repetition?
This is the word for the message or lesson of a poem.
What is theme?
A comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
Each line starts with a certain letter of a word. First letters spell a word going down.
What is an acrostic?
This is the phrase for the rhyme pattern in a poem.
What is a rhyme scheme?
The summary of what is happening in a poem.
What is the main idea?
What does this idiom mean?
What is she spent a lot of money?
Places emphasis on moods and emotions. Can sometimes sound like a song.
What is Lyrical poetry?
Words inside a line have the same vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound; makes a poem sound musical
What is rhythm?
My grandma is an elf during Christmas time because she works so hard.
Simile or metaphor?
Combines a plot with verse, like a story
What is a narrative?