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Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. Poetry with no set structure.
What is free verse?
A poem built on the number of syllables: 2, 4, 6, 8, 2
What is a cinquain?
Two or more words which match in the same last sound
What is rhyme?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of this
What is alliteration or what is a tongue twister?
Three words that rhyme with see
What is free, flee, and key?
Note: Answers may vary.
Flowers growing high
Blooming up toward the sky
Paint vibrant colors.
What is a Haiku poem?
Humorous poem that has 5 lines with an aabb rhyming pattern
What is a limerick?
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written
What is repetition?
"The house was as clean as a whistle" is an example of this type of figurative language
What is a simile?
A term or phrase that cannot be understood by a literal translation, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is understood through common use (ex. "It's raining cats and dogs.")
What is an idiom?
The words of the poem are in the shape of the subject or outline the shape
What is concrete or shape poetry?
A poem based on a topic word written vertically-each line of poetry begins with a letter from the topic word
What is an acrostic poem?
A repetition of consonant sounds such as "the smooth, skaterly glide and sudden swerve." (from Robert Burleigh's poem, "Hoops")
What is alliteration?
The rhyme scheme which means that for every four lines, the first and third lines will rhyme with each other and the second and fourth lines will also rhyme with each other
What is an ABAB rhyme scheme?
The underlying message, or 'big idea.' In other words, what lesson the author or poet wants us to take away from the poem
What is the theme?
A type of stanza or a complete poem containing four lines that rhyme- Rhyming patterns may be AABB, ABAB, or ABBA
What is a quatrain poem?
A poem that describes using information about hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, and smelling
What is a five senses poem?
A group of lines that convey an idea in poetry
What is a stanza?
he language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader
What is imagery?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a Simile?
A Japanese poem that has 3 lines based on syllables-
5, 7, 5
What is a Haiku?
"This is Just to Say"
I have eaten
the plums
that were
in the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
What is a free verse poem?
The beat or cadence of poetry
What is rhythm?
The space between two stanzas
What is a line break?
a comparison that does not use the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?