Elements of Poetry
What is rhyme?
words that have the same ending sounds
These are the lines of text that the characters speak in the play
Dialogue
What is the rhyme scheme
There once was a mouse
who lived in a house
he loved to eat cheese
squeak squeak squeak
he said what a week
A A B C C
What type of poem has three lines with the first line having 5 syllables, the second has 7 syllables and the third has 5 syllables?
What type of poem has this format:
Line 1 - Noun
Line 2 - Two adjectives
Line 3 - Three ‘ing’ verbs
Line 4 - Short sentence or phrase
Haiku
Pyramid
What is mood?
What does authors purpose pie stand for
persuasion, inform, entertainment
I love when it snows
when the cold wind blows
snow angels all around the town
hot chocolate warms me up
I sip it by the crackling fire
To stay under these blankets is all I desire
A A B C D D
What type of poem do you choose a word to write in capital letters down the left side of your
paper, write phrases that start with each of the letters in that word?
Acrostic
What is meter?
the number of syllables on a line or the rhythm of the poem
What is setting?
where and when the story takes place
Do lines one and 5 have the same meter?
I love when it snows
when the cold wind blows
snow angels all around the town
hot chocolate warms me up
I sip it by the crackling fire
To stay under these blankets is all I desire
No, line one has 6 syllables and line 5 has 10
What type of poem has this format?
Line 1. Choose a topic (places, seasons, sports...not an animal) and describe it
in one word.
Line 2. Tell what the topic might taste like (if it had a taste)
Line 3. Tell what the topic might sound like (if it had a sound)
Line 4. Tell what the topic might smell like (if it had a smell)
Line 5. Tell what the topic looks like.
Line 6. Tell how the topic makes you feel.
What type of poem do you make the longest sentence you can using mostly words that start with your letter.
5 senses poem
Alliteration Poem
what is a stanza?
a group of lines in a poem
What are stage directions?
information that tells the actor what to do
There will come soft rain and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
A A B B C C D D
what is plot?
the events in the story
What is theme?
What is description?
the background information or information that happens right before the play begins
Do lines one and six have the same meter?
There will come soft rain and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Yes, they both have 11 syllables
the people and/or animals in the story