Poetry Vocabulary

Front

What is a poet?

Back

the writer of the poem

Front

These lines mainly help the reader imagine what being inside a washing machine-
Options: smells like, sounds like, looks like, feels like

Back

feels like

Front

Which line from the poem helps create imagery? Options:

Bue green like a crayon is the glistening, warm water.

,

As they send loud burst of water at each other

,

Gracefully dot the sky

,

All of the above

Back

All of the above

Front

Which lines from the poem rhyme?
Options:
1. weeks ago
when everything outside was snow
2. and carried it
outside to see
3. and then our dog
decided he
4. and one by one
they took him out

Back

weeks ago
when everything outside was snow

Front

Possible theme of the poem? Options: Be kind, It's best to do things yourself, Work together, Be honest

Back

Work together

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

a group of lines in a poem (usually 4 or more) - Like a paragraph, but in poetry

Front

What is a line in a poem?

Back

A single line of words in a poem. Similar to a sentence

Front

What is the speaker of a poem?

Back

the voice behind the poem—the person we imagine to be saying the thing out loud.

Front

Imagery

Back

Creates pictures in our minds that appeal to our physical senses.

Front

Which of these lines from the poem rhyme?

Open a book

As you can be

,

And you can share

Wondrous words you find in there

,

Anything you want to be

Open a book

,

You'll read to me

And I'll read to you

Back

And you can share

Wondrous words you find in there