Figurative Language
A Japanese form of poetry about nature that follows the pattern: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
What is a haiku?
I found a book of poems.
I brought the book to school.
And every time I looked at it.
I giggled like a fool.
What is ABCB?
The _________ is the person/thing that is telling the story, following their perspective. It does NOT have to be an actual person, it can be from the perspective of an inanimate object.
What is the narrator?
A silly or funny poem, often beginning with "There once was..."
What is a limerick?
How dry I am, how wet I’ll be,
If I don’t find the bathroom key.
I found the key, but it’s too late.
I just missed my bathroom date
What is AABB?
What is the poet?
"The earth was a slow-moving car" is an example of?
What is a metaphor?
A five line poem, where each line follows a rule (think of the Spanish word for 5)
What is a cinquain?
Bee, be, B,
I’d rather climb a tree,
than learn to spell,
the same old word,
not just one way, but three
What is AABCA?
A paragraph or a group of lines in a poem, often separated by a small space
What is a stanza?
What is an onomatopoeia?
A poem that is a tribute or celebration of something/someone
What is an ode?
Have you ever heard the story
Of Mrs. J. J. Brown?
How she became a legend
When the ship was going down?
What is ABCB?
The underlying message or moral of the story that the author is trying to convey
What is theme?
A comparison between 2 things that uses like or as
What is a simile?
A poem that contrasts 2 different things/topics and is shaped like a diamond
What is a diamante?
My baby brother is so small,
He hasn’t even learned to crawl.
He’s only been around a week,
And all he seems to do is bawl,
Wiggle, sleep…and leak.
What is AABAB?
(for a bonus point -- come up with a limerick that starts with: There once was a girl named Jane...)
rain, bane, cane, stain, lane, crane, strain, wane, chain, mane