Poetry terms to know!

Introduction to poetry!

Some important terms to know!

Poetry can take many forms...

• Written

• Spoken word

• Music

• Rap

Poll

Do you like poetry?

• Yes, love it!

• Ehh, its okay

• Nah, Ms. I hate it

Open Ended

Briefly explain your answer on the previous poll!

Poetry can be super challenging!

Which is why Ms. Corriveau will break things down for you!

Poems have a few rules:

• Some poems rhyme

• Some don’t at all

• Some can be 14 lines

• Some can be 1 line....

”For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

Ernest Hemingway

Key terms

• Alliteration: repeated letters at the beginning of a word

• Simile- a figure of speech that directly compares two things! Similes differ from metaphors by highlighting the similarities between two things using words such as "like" or "as"

• Metaphors- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• Rhyme scheme-the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

• Onomatopoeia- when the words being used mimic the sounds it is describing (ex: ring)