Poetry Basics

What is poetry?

• Writings that are separated into stanzas and make use of imagery and figurative language to convey meaning

• Writing that is done to explain or describe something

• Writing that defines words, word meanings, gives synonyms and antonyms

• Writing that is done to be performed on stage by multiple actors

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CCSS.L.4.6

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What is a line in poetry

• a wire or set of wires that carries electricity or a telephone signal

• a row of words, letters, numbers, or symbols written across a page

• the words that an actor speaks in a play, movie, etc.

• a railroad track

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is a line break?

• when the power goes out due to a tree falling on the line

• when a railroad comes to a switch

• the point at which two lines of text are split; the end of a line

• the point at which two segments meet to form the outline of an object

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

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What is a stanza?

• a group of people

• a place to purchase goods or services

• a variable

• a group of lines in a poem

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why might a poet use repetition?

• to make the reader fall asleep

• to emphasize an idea or image

• because all poems are repetitive and rhyme

• because it helps the reader learn new vocabulary and reading skills

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

What is rhythm?

• a regular, repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• a repeated pattern of movements

• something required for dancing a waltz

• the number of beats per measure

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is meter?

• 100 cm

• 0.001 km

• the imagery that a writer creates by using descriptive words

• a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

What is imagery?

• pictures or photographs

• pictures of people or things in a work of art

• GIFs

• language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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What is a simile?

• a facial expression

• a way to compare one thing to another using a "be" verb

• a way to compare one thing to another using "like" or "as"

• almost the same as something else

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

What is a metaphor?

• a way to compre two things by using a "be" verb

• a way to compare two thing by using "like" or "as"

• a number in your mind

• a group of four people meeting up

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

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