
What is Poetry?
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English
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4th - 5th Grade
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Easy
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Chelsey Rayme Packard
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15 Slides • 11 Questions
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What is Poetry?
*turn and talk to your neighbor*
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Poetry is...
a type of writing in which the sound and meaning of language combine to create ideas and feelings.
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Open Ended
What do you know about poetry?
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We are going to learn about 4 different types of poetry.
Free verse
Narrative
Lyrical
Humorous
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Free Verse
Not all poems have to rhyme! Free verse poems have no specific rules or patterns. They do not follow a rhyme scheme and have no specific rhythm.
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Narrative
A narrative poem tells a story, usually has a rhyme scheme, and can contain dialogue.
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Humorous
a humorous poem is meant to make you laugh!
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Lyrical
Lyrical poems sometimes express the thoughts and feelings of the poet. They have rhythm and rhyme, and may sometimes sound like a song.
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Multiple Choice
Which type of poem tells a story?
Lyrical
Humorous
Narrative
Free Verse
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Multiple Choice
Which type of poem is written to make you laugh?
Lyrical
Humorous
Narrative
Free Verse
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Multiple Choice
Which type of poem does not usually rhyme?
Narrative
Free Verse
Lyrical
Humorous
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Multiple Choice
Which type of poem has rhyme and rhythm like a song?
Humorous
Narrative
Free Verse
Lyrical
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Parts of poetry
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Lines
A line is a single row of words in a poem. How many lines do you see in this poem?
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Line Break
A line break is where a line of poetry ends. The author usually has a specific purpose for this.
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Stanzas
A stanza is a group of lines in a poem. How many stanzas do you see in this poem?
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Rhythm
Rhythm can be described as the beat and pace of a poem.
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Multiple Choice
What is a line in a poem?
A group of lines in a poem
A single row of words in a poem
Rhyming words in a poem
Where a line ends in a poem
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Multiple Choice
What is a stanza?
A single row of words in a poem
The beat of the poem
A group of lines in a poem
The rhyming words in a poem
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Multiple Choice
What is a line break?
A group of lines in a poem
Where a line ends in a poem
A single row of words in a poem
The beat of the poem
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Multiple Choice
What is the rhythm of a poem?
The lines of the poem
The beat of the poem
A group of lines in the poem
Where the lines end in the poem
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Rhyme Scheme
A rhyme scheme is patterns of sounds that repeat at the end of each line or stanza.
Some rhyme schemes you will see are AABB and ABAB
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AABB Rhyme Scheme
Notice lines 1 and 2 end with the same sound and lines 3 and 4 end with the same sound.
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ABAB Rhyme scheme
Notice lines 1 and 3 end with the same sound, and lines 2 and 4 end with the same sound.
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Multiple Choice
Humpt Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty dumpty had a great fall.
All the kings horses, and all the kings men,
couldn't put Humpty together again.
What rhyme scheme is used in the poem?
AABB
ABAB
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Multiple Choice
I was so small,
but I got a treat.
I caught a baseball
in my seat.
What rhyme scheme is used in the poem?
AABB
ABAB
What is Poetry?
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