Elements
What is a stanza?
A stanza is a group of lines, like a paragraph
Fiction or non fiction:
The poem "April Rain Song"
Fiction
How many Stanzas are in this poem?
One sunny day, a lizard by the name of Smiling Jack
stood looking in the water at a lizard looking back.
He asked his friend the otter. He said, “Ott, what
should I do?”
The otter said, “I gotta see who’s looking back at you.”
So Ott looked in the water. Then the otter said, “I see…
not a lizard, but an otter. He’s looking back at me!”
The lizard and the otter went to see their friend the frog.
He was leaping on the lily pads around the foggy bog.
“Hey Croak,” called out the lizard. “Could we have some
of your time?
Is someone down there looking back below the
waterline?”
The frog said, “I can take a look to see what I can see.
But we could look together. You could all look in
with me.”
They leaned toward the water for a better look close-up.
Three noses nearly touched three noses
pointing up.
Six goggled eyes looked quite surprised when six eyes
goggled back!
They stared at Ott the otter, Croak the frog, and
Smiling Jack.
4
Let the rain kiss you
non literal
A poem that tells a story and has characters and plot is called:
a. Descriptive
b. Lyrical
c. Narrative
d. Non- Fiction
C. Narrative
What is a rhyme?
A pattern in a poem
Fiction or Non Fiction:
Storm chasers
Non Fiction
The first and second lines and the third and fourth lines have what?
So Ott looked in the water. Then the otter said, “I see…
not a lizard, but an otter. He’s looking back at me!”
The lizard and the otter went to see their friend the frog.
He was leaping on the lily pads around the foggy bog.
And I love the rain!
Literal
A poem that describes something with vivid words and sensory details is called:
a. Descriptive
b. Lyrical
c. Narrative
d. Non- Fiction
A descriptive
What is a Line?
A group of words in a row, like a sentence.
Fiction or Non Fiction:
Building of the Nest
Lines one and two have what in them?
Sometimes I wriggle when wet dew worms wiggle.
I watch as they squiggle and squirm.
They squeeze as they please to the
“creepy-crawl-jiggle,”
a pretty good dance for a worm.
Words that sound the same.
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
Non-Literal
True or False
Poems can be about anything
True
What is repetition?
Words that are repeated over and over again.
Fiction or Non Fiction:
The Raindrop's Ride
Fiction
Who is the Main Character in this poem:
One sunny day, a lizard by the name of Smiling Jack
stood looking in the water at a lizard looking back.
He asked his friend the otter. He said, “Ott, what
should I do?”
The otter said, “I gotta see who’s looking back at you.
a. otter
b. Smiling Jack
c. Friend
d. Lizard
B. Smiling Jack
"Hanging it safe on the topmost limb, / Their castle in the air."
Non-Literal
True or False
In order for it to be a poem, the lines MUST rhyme
false
A sound word like Sizzle or Pop!
Fiction or Non Fiction:
Winter Storms
Non-Fiction
What is the setting of the poem:
So Ott looked in the water. Then the otter said, “I see…
not a lizard, but an otter. He’s looking back at me!”
The lizard and the otter went to see their friend the frog.
He was leaping on the lily pads around the foggy bog.
The water
"To go upon a journey"
Literal
What is this poem describing?
When early April showers sing,
they wake my cherry tree in spring.
Red robins cry their cheery song
while baby buds are growing strong
Soft velvet flowers burst in bloom,
then fade away sometime in June.
Warm rustling leaves in late July
send summer whispers to the sky.
But soon October sounds the bell
that signals fall’s enchanting spell.
Now Autumn flutters through the air
and dances till my tree is bare.
As sure as robins leave the nest,
a fading sun means time to rest.
When north winds of December blow,
My tree stands dreaming in the snow.
Cold winter branches dusted white
Sway softly in the moonlit night.
But nature’s magic gift goes on
and feeds the seasons, dusk to dawn.
So once again, my sleeping tree
will wait for spring to set it free