Poetry Quick Check

In what structure is poetry written?

• Sentences & paragraphs

• Sentences & stanzas

• Lines & paragraphs

• Lines & stanzas

A blink, a scroll, a click, a touch,
Faces and moments on a virtual map.
But behind the screens, what is truly real?
Do we connect or just hide?

What does the word "hide" mean in the context of the poem?

• To share something openly
  

• To conceal or keep something secret
  

• To celebrate or boast
  

• To explain or describe clearly

A blink, a scroll, a click, a touch,
Faces and moments on a virtual map.
But behind the screens, what is truly real?
Do we connect or just hide?

What elements describe this poem?

• line
  4 stanzas

  free verse

• 4 lines

  4 stanzas

  lyrical

• 1 stanza
  4 lines

  free verse

• 1 stanza

  4 lines

  lyrical

What is a group of lines in a poem?

• repetition

• stanza

• lines

• scene

Poetry is....

• a shorter form of writing

• a type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings, or tells a story in a specific form

• boring

• a type of literature that requires rhyming

a group of lines arranged together

• stanza

• form

• line

the author of the poem, the person who actually wrote it

• speaker

• writer

• poet

the “narrator” of the poem, the voice telling us the thoughts/feelings/story

• poet

• author

• speaker

• haiku

•Longer and tells a story, with a beginning, middle, and end

•Generally longer than the lyric styles of poetry because the poet needs to establish characters and a plot

• narrative poem

• lyric poem

• free verse poem

•Does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables

•Does NOT have rhyme

•Very conversational - sounds like someone talking with you

• narrative poem

• lyric poem

• free verse poem

• haiku