Types of Poems
This poem has three lines and focuses on nature
haiku
The repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words
assonance
Words that imitate the sounds they represent (Bam, Boom, Crack)
onomatopoeia
She was sprinkling them on cupcakes
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RHYME SCHEME
Why don't you swing from monkey bars?
Why don't you wish on falling stars?
Why don't you run in three-legged races?
Why don't you make weird faces?
AABB
Which type of poetry uses the title of the poem to create the poem?
acrostic poem
a group of lines in a poem form a
stanza
An ocean voyage
As waves break over the bow
the sea welcomes me.
haiku
The lightning struck the house
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True or False
Haikus need to rhyme
FALSE
A five line stanza
cinquain
a strong, regular repeated pattern of sound
rhythm
Using the five sense in a poem
imagery
The automobile came to an abrupt stop
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How many syllables are in a haiku?
Line by line
5-7-5
Most of the words in this poem start with the same sound.
Alliterative
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines in a poem
rhyme scheme
There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"
limerick
onomatopoeia is awesome
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Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
Mood
Which type of poem is humorous and follows the aabba rhyme scheme?
limerick
two rhyming lines of poetry
couplet
Don't eat in that tent
Some mammals are clammy
The lumpy bumpy road
These are examples of
consonance
Eighth-grade students are the best there is, no cap
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Sad, outraged, happy, awed are all words that an author uses to develop the ______ of a poem
tone