4th Grade Poetry Vocabulary

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A group of lines that make up a verse of a poem or song; poetry paragraph

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stanza

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Identify the type of poem: "There was an old man from Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in a fright
In the middle of the night
And found it was perfectly true." Options: couplet, haiku, limerick, cinquain

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limerick

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I am first with five
2.Then seven in the middle --
3.Five again to end.

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haiku

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What type of poem is this? 1.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
2.Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Options: haiku, couplet, limerick, free verse

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couplet

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Classify the following poem type: Watermelon
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, slurping, smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy

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cinquain

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Lyrics

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words of a song or poem

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A type of poetry that could share feelings of joy, sadness, friendship, or loneliness

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lyrical poetry

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Breaks that divide a poem into lines, allowing the poem to be read more smoothly are

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line break

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The use of words to paint a picture in the reader’s mind

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imagery

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To have the same or similar ending sounds

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rhyme