Poetry Basics

What is poetry?

• Writings that are separated into stanzas and make use of imagery and figurative language to convey meaning

• Writing that is done to explain or describe something

• Writing that defines words, word meanings, gives synonyms and antonyms

• Writing that is done to be performed on stage by multiple actors

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a line in poetry

• a wire or set of wires that carries electricity or a telephone signal

• a row of words, letters, numbers, or symbols written across a page

• the words that an actor speaks in a play, movie, etc.

• a railroad track

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a stanza?

• a group of people

• a place to purchase goods or services

• a variable

• a group of lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is imagery?

• pictures or photographs

• pictures of people or things in a work of art

• GIFs

• language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the writer's attitude towards the subject or characters?

• stanza

• line

• metaphor

• tone

Annotating is the process of

• taking notes in the margin of the text.

• writing a new poem to address one's feelings.

• comparing one's feelings with the text.

• reading a text.

The speaker of a poem is similar to a _____ of a story.

• main character

• author

• narrator

• reader

The author can affect the ______ of a story by choosing certain vocabulary.

• speaker

• theme

• metaphor

• mood

Which of the following responses would be considered a theme?

• The girl with cancer found a boyfriend and they traveled to Amsterdam.

• friendship, caring, love, family challenges

• Hope helps a person survive darks times.

• A basketball playing kid is challenged by his twin brother and the death of their father.