Poetic Forms and Devices

What is a Sonnet?

• A three-line poem about nature

• A fourteen-line poem that is often about love or time

• A five-line, rhyming poem that is often meant to be amusing

• A poem developed through repetition

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What is a Villanelle?

• A poem developed through repetition, with repeated lines at the end of stanzas

• A narrative poem divided into quatrains

• A three-line poem about nature

• A five-line, rhyming poem

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What is a Ballad?

• A narrative poem divided into quatrains with a regular rhyme scheme

• A poem developed through repetition

• A three-line poem about nature

• A five-line, rhyming poem

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a Blues Poem?

• A poem developed through repetition

• A poem inspired by blues music, with stanzas broken into three parts and ending with a thoughtful or surprising remark

• A three-line poem about nature

• A five-line, rhyming poem

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What is a Haiku?

• A) A three-line poem that is usually about nature, with a specific number of syllables in each line: 5/ 7/ 5

• B) A narrative poem divided into quatrains

• C) A poem developed through repetition

• D) A five-line, rhyming poem

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What is a Limerick?

• A three-line poem about nature

• A narrative poem divided into quatrains

• A five-line, rhyming poem that is often meant to be amusing

• A poem developed through repetition

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an Open Form poem?

• A poem that does not have a particular rhyme scheme, meter, or line structure

• A three-line poem about nature

• A five-line, rhyming poem

• A narrative poem divided into quatrains

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CCSS.L.6.6

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What is imagery in poetry?

• A type of poem with a set rhyme scheme

• Language that creates a picture in the reader's mind, often using descriptive words or figurative language

• A poem developed through repetition

• A five-line, rhyming poem

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CCSS.L.6.6

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CCSS.W.5.2D

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________ is when a poet decides to end a line and start a new one, regardless of where it comes in the sentence or phrase. A poet can use this to give a poem a certain shape or sound.

• Line Break

• Stanza Break

• Rhyme Scheme

• Alliteration

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________ is the ordered pattern of word sounds and features that helps create a rhythm and beat to the poem. Poets use this for various reasons, including to create humor or a song-like tone.

• Rhyme Scheme

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

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