Rhyme
Writing the Words
Arranging the Words
Poetic Devices used to Write a Good Poem
Types of Poems
100
These words do not rhyme. Like a chorus, this helps us notice and remember words
What is repetition
100
A saying that doesn't mean exactly what it says.
What is an Idiom
100
Poems are organized by __________ and ___________, which are chunks of the poem.
What are lines and stanzas
100
Counting the units of pronunciation, having one vowel sound
What is a syllable
100
An open form of poetry. It follows the rhythm of natural speech. It has lines, but no rhyme pattern.
What is a free verse poem
200
two words that rhyme with car
What is far, jar, tar, scar
200
Two words that have a different sound & different meanings, but have the SAME spelling. Example: moped and moped
What is a homograph
200
Two lines of a poem where the last word of each line rhymes.
What is a couplet
200
A word that imitates the sound that it describes.
What is onomatopoeia
200
A poem whose visual appearance matches the topic of the poem. This originated with the Greeks!
What is a concrete poem
300
2 words that rhyme with spread
What is bed, Fred and bread
300
A type of figurative language that makes a comparison of two unlike things, but it does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor
300
The speaker of the poem is the poem's voice. The poem is told using a 1st person or 3rd person omniscient ________________
What is point of view
300
When two or more words in a poem BEGIN with the same sound on the same line, or on the very next line, or continued throughout the whole poem.
What is Alliteration
300
Short poems made of only 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables The second line has 7 syllables The third line has 5 syllables
What are Haikus
400
3 words that rhyme with sock
What is clock, block, rock, dock, jock
400
When a writer makes a non-human object or idea seem like a person.
What is personification
400
The person telling the details in a poem is called the ____________
What is the speaker
400
Letters used to represent when the last word in a line rhymes or does not rhyme with another line
What is a rhyming pattern
400
There a two different types - syllable and word. Both have 5 lines and both do not need to rhyme
What is a cinquain
500
Rhyming two words within the same line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme
500
An exaggerated phrase used in writing that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole (example: our noodles stretch 10 miles long)
500
The point of view poem that we looked at in class was writen by a famous poet named
Who is Shel Silverstein
500
Helps us to notice and remember words in a poem
What is repetition
500
A fun form of poetry where the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase. Does not need to rhyme Each line can be as long or as short as you want.
What is an acrostic poem