Characteristics of Poetry Pretest

The structure of a poem is

• how it is written

• how it sounds

• how it is organized

A stanza is

• lines that end with periods

• a group of lines divided by a space

• a paragraph separated by a space

Poems have lines? What are lines?

• a sentence that ends in punctuation

• a stanza is a line

• a row with a group of words

Repetition occurs in poems to

• make the poem longer

• to emphasize something (remind you of something important)

• to repeat over and over to sound better

Words like beat-beat-beating in The Tiger poem are examples of

• stanzas

• great writing

• rhyme and meter

Imagery is described in poetry as:

• words the author uses to make a point

• words the author uses to help the reader imagine - sounds, touch, smells.

• words the author uses to make the poem longer