Poetry Facts
True or False?
All poems have to have a rhyme scheme
False
The grass felt like a green carpet on my toes.
This is an example of what time of figurative language?
simile
A Haiku has ______ lines.
three
A rhyme verse poem has to have a rhyme pattern called a ___________.
Rhyme Scheme
What am I?
There once was a wonderful star
Who thought she would go very far
Until she fell down
And looked like a clown
She knew she would never go far.
A limerick
A group of lines in poetry is called a _________.
STANZA
The pool was a popsicle on my skin.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
A limerick has _____ lines.
5
True or False
A free verse has to have a set number of stanzas and lines.
FALSE
What am I?
Green and speckled legs,
Hop on logs and lily pads
Splash in cool water.
Haiku
A rhyme pattern in a poem is called a _________________.
Rhyme Scheme
I picked a perfect, plump peach
This is what type of figurative language?
Alliteration
A limerick must have the rhyme pattern of ________.
AABBA
A rhyme verse has to have what two things?
Stanzas
Rhyme scheme
What am I?
Jack was quite nimble,
Jack was quite quick,
Jack gave the beanstalk
A mighty big kick.
Down came the giant—
GIGANTIC fall—
Bottoms up in a crater,
Thus ending it all.
Type of nonliteral language used in poetry is called ___________ language.
The summer breeze whispered through the trees.
This is what type of figurative language?
Personification
A haiku has a syllable pattern of __________.
5 7 5
A _______ verse will will not always have stanzas and will not rhyme.
free (verse)
What am I?
Spring is in the air
Flowers are blooming sky high
Children are laughing
Haiku
The waterslide reached the sky.
What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
A _____________ has to rhyme.
Haiku or Limerick?
Limerick
What am I?
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Free Verse