Elements of Poetry

Front

What is the name for a single line in a poem?

Back

A verse

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Front

What is the name for a group of lines in a poem?

Back

A stanza

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Front

A group of four lines in a poem is called what?

Back

A quatrain

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Front

A group of two lines in a poem is called what?

Back

A couplet

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Front

Rhyme scheme

Back

The pattern of rhyming sounds in a poem

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

What is meter?

Back

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Front

What is rhythm?

Back

The beat of a poem

Front

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

I walked quickly down the road,

and saw a man that looked sick.

He told me that he was old,

and then chased me with a stick.

Back

ABAB

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Front

How many stressed syllables are in each line of this poem?

Rake the leaves,

grab the keys,

lock the door,

& sweep the floor.

Back

2-stressed syllables in each line

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Front

Which genre of poetry is this? A brief, unrhymed poem about nature that originated in Japan. It has a specific amount of syllables in each line.

Back

Haiku

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4