Writing Poetry

​elements of poetry

Creative Writing Lesson​

Open Ended

Before we begin, briefly state in your own words the definition of poetry

Open Ended

Can you name elements of poetry?

Multiple Choice

The way a poem is arranged on the page is called ___________.

• form

• sound

• stanza

Multiple Choice

A poem is made up of single _________________, which may or may not be sentences.

• line

• stanza

• form

Multiple Choice

A group of lines that divide a poem into sections is called a ______________.

• stanza

• line

• poem

Multiple Choice

Sometimes poems have a rhythm--a heartbeat. Some syllables are stressed, others are unstressed. This is called the poem's what?

• stanza

• rhyme

• repetition

• meter

Multiple Choice

1. What do you call the different patterns of rhymes?

• imagery

• personification

• rhyme scheme

• rhymes

Multiple Choice

2. It refers to a particular sound of a word ending which are similar or repeated within the line or at the end of every line in poetry.

• imagery

• personification

• rhyme scheme

• rhymes

Multiple Choice

This is the flow of the beat in a poem.

• meter

• imagery

• rhythm

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

The connotation of a word is ______

• Its exact dictionary meaning

• The emotional feeling the word holds

• The correct way it is spelled

• The incorrect way it is spelled

Multiple Choice

'Denotation' refers to

• Exact dictionary meaning of a word

• The correct spelling of a word

• The incorrect spelling of a word

• The emotional feeling a word holds

Multiple Choice

True or False: With alliteration, words do not have to begin with the same letter, just the same sound.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of alliteration?

• To make the reader more confused.

• To grab the readers attention and make reading more pleasing.

• To make reading hard for the reader.

• To make writing silly.

Multiple Choice

It refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within or at the end of a sentence or phrase.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

Multiple Choice

Which sound device is this sentence using? "Mammals named Sam are clammy."

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

What onomatopoeia goes best with this picture?

• Take-off!

• Pow!

• Blast!

• Fly

Multiple Choice

The best kinds of people stand up tall,

No matter how hard they fall.

The best kinds of people are honest and true.

The best kind of person, my dear, is you.

What technique do you notice here?

• allusion

• hyperbole

• repetition

• free verse

Multiple Choice

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't

• By expressing how the author is feeling

• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see

• By telling the mood

Multiple Choice

The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb.  Which sense is being described?

• Sight

• Sound

• Smell

• Hear

Multiple Choice

spicy, tangy, salty, sweet, sour, bitter 

• smell

• touch

• taste

• hear

Multiple Choice

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike objects using like or as.

• Comparing two unlike objects saying one is another.

• Giving human qualities to a nonhuman object.

• Same beginning letter sounds.

Multiple Choice

What is a metaphor

• when the outcome is opposite of what is expected.

• sound words

• comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• Comparing two unlike things saying one is another.

Multiple Choice

What is personification

• Same beginning letter sounds.

• Giving a human quality to a nonhuman object

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• When the audience knows something the characters do not.

Multiple Choice

What is an onomatopoeia?

• Comparing two unlike objects using like or as.

• Sound words.

• When the outcome is opposite of what is expected.

• same beginning letter sounds.

Multiple Choice

The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing is the ....

• connotation

• denotation

• tone

• mood

Multiple Choice

___________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.

• connotation

• denotation

• tone

• mood

Multiple Choice

The tone and mood of a text can be very different

• true

• false

Multiple Select

mood is created by...

• setting

• images

• dialogue

• events

Multiple Choice

Which tone is represented in the following passage?
Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!

• Calm

• Annoyed

• Scary

• Excited

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of THEME?

• A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express. 

• The location and time of the story

• The events that occur in the story

• The author's reason for writing a story

Multiple Choice

A theme should be a statement, not just one word. 

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author writes

• the reason an author teaches

• author's sense of humor

• author's way of life.