Poetry Packet

Vocabulary

100

A group of words arranged in a single row

line

200

a group of lines that are together in a poem

stanza

300

The author of a poem

poet

400

when two words have the same vowel/ending sound

rhyme

500

the genre in which the writing is creative and can sometimes rhyme

poetry

Haiku

100

What is the pattern of a Haiku

5 syllables

7 syllables

5 syllables

200

What is wrong with the following first line of a Haiku:

Dogs barking too loudly

too many syllables

300

What is wrong with the following second line of a Haiku:

Someone is at the door

not enough syllables

400

What is wrong with the following third line of a Haiku:

Hurry and answer it

Too many syllables

500

Find the error in the Haiku:

class is out for summer

playing, laughing, with my friends

having a good time

1st line too many syllables

Syllables

100

How many syllables are in the word: pumpkin

2

200

How many syllables are in the word: found

1 

300

How many syllables are in the word: butterfly

3

400

How many syllables are in the line: 

walking through the valley 

6

500

Where would this line fit in a Haiku? 1st, 2nd, or 3rd?

swimming in the cool water 

2nd