All About Poetry

What is poetry, actually?

• Picking words for the sound and the meaning
• Really short stories
• Stories about true stuff that happened in real life
• Just a whole lot of flowery words

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Which is an example of a rhyme?

• "think" and "thought"
• "apple" and "banana"
• "bear" and "chair"
• "orange"

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What is a rhyme scheme?

• The type of dictionary that a writer uses to create rhymes
• When two words sound alike
• The pattern of rhyming lines in a poem
• The person who created the poem

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What is the rhyme scheme for this poem?
"My mom, she's the best
From her head to her toes
She's warm and soft
Smelling sweet like a rose"

• ABCB
• AAAA
• AABB
• ABAB

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How do you know that a poem is written in free verse?

• If the rhyme scheme is AAAA.
• If it's written in prose.
• If it doesn't have any figurative language.
• If it doesn’t follow specific rules for rhythm or rhyme

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Which type of poem is traditionally Japanese, and is 3 lines long?

• haiku
• sonnet
• limerick
• free verse

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Which type of poem is written in iambic pentameter, has a strict rhyme scheme, and is 14 lines long?

• haiku
• sonnet
• limerick
• free verse

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What is a verse?

• A line that doesn't rhyme with any other lines
• A single line of poetry
• The part that comes before the chorus of the poem
• Like a paragraph, but for a poem

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What is a stanza?

• A line that doesn't rhyme with any other lines
• A single line of poetry
• The part that comes before the chorus of the poem
• Like a paragraph, but for a poem

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How is figurative language different from literal language?

• Figurative language can only be found in poetry, not prose
• Figurative language is most helpful for telling the exact facts of a situation
• With figurative language, you say something in a creative way, beyond the literal meaning
• With figurative language, you don't tell the truth

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