8th Grade Poetry

What is structure?

• Rhyme

• Stanzas

• Limerick

• Free Verse

What is form?

• Narrative

• Free Verse

• Limerick

• Haiku

What is a stanza?

• A group of lines in a poem.

• A repetition of ending sounds in lines of a poem. Can be described as ABAB

• Tells a story in verse. They often have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters.

• Defined by its lack of strict structure. It has no regular rhyme, line length, or stanza pattern.

What is free verse?

• A group of lines in a poem.

• A repetition of ending sounds in lines of a poem. Can be described as ABAB

• Tells a story in verse. They often have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters.

• Defined by its lack of strict structure. It has no regular rhyme, line length, or stanza pattern.

What is rhyme?

• A group of lines in a poem.

• A repetition of ending sounds in lines of a poem. Can be described as ABAB

• Tells a story in verse. They often have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters.

• Defined by its lack of strict structure. It has no regular rhyme, line length, or stanza pattern.

Which type of poem includes a plot and characters?

• narrative

• limerick

• free verse

• haiku

Which poem has three lines?

• narrative

• limerick

• free verse

• haiku

Which poem has five lines?

• narrative

• limerick

• free verse

• haiku

Sally sold seashells by the seashore.

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

The wind danced in the rain.

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor