Year 7 Poetry

What is an Acrostic Poem?

• A traditional form of Japanese poetry that consists of 3 lines.

• A type of poetry that describes an object and is shaped the same as the object the poem is describing.

• A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, message or the alphabet.

• A verse of poetry with 11 words in five lines that do not rhyme. It is often shaped like a diamond.

• A simple poem written about a person, and it follows a

  predictable pattern.

What is Alliteration?

• A phrase with a string of words all beginning with the same sound.

• Giving an animal or object human-like characteristics.

• The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme.

• A comparison between two or more things using the words like or as.

• A comparison between two or more things that doesn't use the words like or as.

What is this an example of?

It was a cute and cuddly bear cub.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

What is this an example of?

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

What is this an example of?

The sun was angry with heat that day.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

What is this an example of?

CRASH went the thunder in the sky.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

What is this an example of?

Take the sweet bun and have fun in the sun!

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

What is this an example of?

You have a heart of gold!

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

What is this an example of?

The bed was like a big fluffy marshmallow.

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

What is this an example of?

She hit the ground with a loud thump.

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia