Elements of Poetry

What is poetry?

• A type of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language
• A type of painting that uses colors and shapes
• A type of dance that uses body movements
• A type of music that uses sounds and rhythms

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is rhyme?

• A type of food
• A type of dance
• A type of music
• Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is a rhyme scheme?

• A pattern of rhymes in a poem
• A mathematical formula
• A type of dance
• A coding language

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is a theme?

• A type of food
• A type of car
• A subject or topic that is consistently present in a piece of literature or art
• A type of music

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CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is imagery in poetry?

• The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas
• The use of rhyming words at the end of each line
• The use of a specific meter or rhythm in the poem
• The use of repetition of words or phrases for emphasis

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is symbolism in poetry?

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is a stanza?

• A type of musical instrument
• A type of dance
• A type of painting
• A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is rhythm in poetry?

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

In your own words explain what the following is.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5