Types of Poems Lesson

In what country did haiku originate?

• USA

• China

• Japan

• India

What is a common theme in haiku?

• Nature
• War
• Heartbreak
• Friendship

What is the structure of syllables in the lines of a haiku?

• 3 - 5 - 3
• 5 - 7 - 5
• 9 - 7 - 9
• 1 - 3 - 1

Which of these was NOT an example of possible subjects for a haiku?

• rain

• housecoat

• winter

• frog

Watermelon
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, slurping, smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy

• cinquain
• couplet
• haiku
• limerick

1.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
2.Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

• haiku
• couplet
• limerick
• free verse

1.“There was an old man from Peru
2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
3.He awoke in a fright
4.In the middle of the night
5.And found it was perfectly true.”

• couplet
• haiku
• limerick
• cinquain

Two line stanza that rhymes.

• Rhyme Scheme
• Couplet
• Onomatopoeia
• Assonance 

All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

What is a limerick?

• 14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas
• Seventeen syllables in 3 lines
• Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape
• A funny poem that is 5 lines long