Elements of Poetry

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

• A stanza

• A verse

• A paragraph

• A punctuation

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

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

• A punctuation

• A verse

• A stanza

• A paragraph

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

• A verse

• A couplet

• A quatrain

• A paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

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

• A verse

• A couplet

• A quatrain

• A paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is rhyme scheme?

• Words with the same vowel sounds

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

• The total number of syllables in a poem

• The pattern of rhyming sounds in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is meter?

• Words with the same vowel sounds

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

• The total number of syllables in a poem

• The pattern of rhyming sounds in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is rhythm?

• Words that have the same ending sound

• The beat of a poem

• A group of lines in a poem

• The pattern of rhyming sounds in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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.

• AABB

• ABBB

• ABAA

• ABAB

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

Rake the leaves,

grab the keys,

lock the door,

& sweep the floor.

• 2-stressed syllables in each line

• 3-stressed syllables in each line

• 4-stressed syllables in each line

• 5-stressed syllables in each line

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.

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Ballad

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5