Reading Poetry and Prose

What are the paragraphs in a poem called?

• stanza

• rhyme

• couplet

• line

Some poems have words that make a sound, such as BANG! What are these words called?

• words

• phrases

• onomatopoeia

• stanza

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

The _________ are like paragraphs in a poem. 

• stanzas
• lines
• rhyme scheme
• figurative language

What is the flow or movement of a poem called?

• voice

• rhythm

• flow

• beat

Who is the person that writes a poem?

• author

• writer

• illustrator

• speaker/poet

language employing one or more figures of speech

• metaphor
• personification
• rhyme scheme/rhyme
• figurative language

What is a 2 line poem with ending rhyming words?

• limerick

• couplet

• rythm

• alliteration

____________is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables which sets the overall rhythm of certain poems.

• rhyme

• meter

• rythem

• flow

Choose all the types of poetry

• Shape Poems

• Ballads

• Free Verse

• Short poems