Poetry Forms
This type of poem has the first letter of each line spelling a word vertically.
What is an acrostic poem?
Words that sound the same at the end of lines in a poem are called this.
What is a rhyme?
This poem paints a mental picture using strong descriptive words.
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What is a haiku?
Giving human qualities to animals or objects.
How many syllables are in a haiku?
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What is 17?
This poem form uses shape or layout to represent the meaning of the poem.
What is a concrete poem?
A grouping of lines in a poem that share a thought or idea.
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What is a stanza?
This poem form often begins with the phrase “There once was…”.
What is a limerick?
Words that imitate sounds like “buzz” or “bang."
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What is onomatopoeia?
The message or lesson learned in a story.
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What is the theme?
This poem has five lines and follows the rhyme pattern AABBA.
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What is a limerick?
A rhyming couplet contains how many lines?
What is two lines?
This poem type usually focuses on one subject like a person, place, or thing using descriptive words.
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What is a cinquain?
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
The most exciting or intense moment of a story.
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What is the climax?
This poem has 3 lines and follows the syllable pattern 5-7-5.
What is a haiku?
This refers to the number of beats or vowel sounds in a word.
What are syllables?
This poem type combines art and poetry by arranging words into a picture.
What is concrete poetry?
“The sky weeps tonight.” This is an example of this figurative language.
What is personification?
In a limerick, which lines are shorter and rhyme with each other?
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What are lines 3 and 4?
This poem has 5 lines and follows the pattern:
noun → adjectives → verbs → phrase → synonym.
What is a cinquain?
In poetry, the structure or shape of a poem is called this.
What is form?
This poem form is made up of pairs of rhyming lines expressing one thought.
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What are rhyming couplets?
Poets use descriptive language mainly to do this.
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What is create vivid images or help readers imagine the poem?
In a cinquain, what kind of words appear in line 3?
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What is Three -ing verbs.