Introduction to Poetry

Introduction to Poetry

by Tracey Carter

​Lines and Stanzas

​Poems are divided into lines and stanzas.

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​Lines are how a poem is divided

​Stanzas are a group of lines within a poem

Multiple Choice

Poems are often divided into lines and stanzas.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Stanzas are like paragraphs in a poem.

• True

• False

​Rhyme

​Repition sound at the end of words

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​Ex:

​Cat

​Hat

​Rhyme Scheme

​The pattern of rhyme in a poem.

Multiple Choice

Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

All poems contain rhyme

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is Rhyme Scheme?

• The pattern of the rhyme in a poem.

• The pattern of the rhyme in a story.

• The number of meters

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself

Any direction you choose.

• AABA

• ABCB

• AABB

• ABCD

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

The coolness of the night

Refreshes my skin.

The stars shine so bright,

Causing me to grin.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCA

• ABAC

​Poetry Elements

Figurative Language-Words and phrases don't have literal meaning.​

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​Onomatopoeia- ​Word that sounds like what it is. Ex: boom, snap

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​Tone- The author's attitude toward a subject.

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Personification- Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

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​Imagery- creating a picture in the reader's mind

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​Alliteration- repitition of consonant sounds

Multiple Choice

Poems never contain figurative language.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ring! Ring! is an example of…

• rhyme

• personificaton

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

What is tone?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader.

• The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject.

• The time and place of the story.

• The summary of events in the story.

Multiple Choice

When the author says, "all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it," he/she is using

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• imagery

Multiple Choice

Words or phrases that create a picture in the readers’ mind.

• alliteration

• imagery

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Why do poets use imagery?

• they like taking pictures

• they want to write shape poetry

• to create a picture in your mind

• poets do not use imagery

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of alliteration?

• George went to the store to buy some bread.

• Smelling the flower reminded the girl of her grandmother

• The rough bark tickled my fingertips as I walked through the forest.

• Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore

​Speaker and Point of View

​Speaker- narrative voice of the poem. It is who we think is saying the poem out loud.

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​Point of View- The perspective of the narrator.

​1st

​2nd

​3rd

Multiple Choice

It is the voice of the speaker you hear when reading a poem.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Who is the person telling the poem

• speaker

• free verse

• repetition

• mood

• haiku

Multiple Select

Third Person Point of View - check all that apply

• Uses: you, yours, yourself

• Uses: he, she, it, his, hers, they, them, theirs

• The narrator is not a character in the story.

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Multiple Select

Second Person Point of View - check all that apply

• The story is told from the perspective of you.

• Uses: you, yours, yourself

• Limited to only one character. The narrator tells the story from the viewpoint of character.

• This is an uncommon form of writing, sometimes used in poetry, email or speeches.

Multiple Select

First Person Point of View -- check all that apply

• The main character is telling the story.

• Uses: I, me, mine, myself, we, us ours.

• The reader knows only what that character knows.

• The story is told from the perspective of you.

Multiple Choice

What is the point of view of this poem?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Multiple Select

If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school. The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool. A crumb of cake would be a feast. And last you seven days at least, A flea would be a frightening beastIf you were one inch tall.

In this excerpt from "One Inch Tall", who is the speaker and what is the point of view? Click all that apply.

• poet

• 2nd person

• 1st person

• A worm.