Types of Poems
Elements of poetry
Vocab
Guess the type of poetry
100
A ______ is a poem that has 5 lines. It follows the AABBA rhyme pattern.
Limerick
100
The beat of a poem
Meter
100
Using words to create a picture
Imagery
100
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.
Limerick
200
A ____ poem has 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the last line has 5 syllables.
Haiku
200
An element similar to paragraphs in prose
Stanza
200
A word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound. For example, boom, honk, pop, crack, cuckoo, crack, splat, tweet, zoom, sizzle, whizz, buzz, hiss, rip.
Onomatopoeia
200
Spring is in the air
Flowers are blooming sky high
Children are laughing
Haiku
300
A ____ poem is written in the shape of the object it describes.
Concrete/Shape
300
Repeat sounds, words, or phrases.
Repetition
300
A repetition of sounds at the beginning of a word
Alliteration
300
Snow
Lovely, white
Falling, dancing, drifting
Covering everything it touches
Blanket
Cinquain
400
A _____ poem is a 5 line poem that describes a person, place, or thing
Cinquain
400
Words that end in the same sound
Rhyme
400
A type of artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions
Poetry
400
In the freezer
Cold
Even in the winter
Acrostic
500
A _______ poem is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase when read vertically
Acrostic
500
A group of words arranged in a row
Line
500
How a piece of writing makes a reader feel towards a subject.
Tone/Mood
500
Shape/Concrete