Types of Poetry

a poem written in the shape of its subject matter

• triplet
• ballad
• limerick
• concrete poem

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CCSS.RL.5.5

a poem that does not have rhyme and does not have meter; has no restrictions

• limerick
• quatrain
• stanza
• free verse

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a 17-syllable traditional Japanese poem; unrhymed; has no title; has three lines containing syllables of 5, 7 & 5; usually about nature

• haiku
• limerick
• ballad
• concrete poem

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a humorous 5-line poem; usually begins with "There once was a..."; the third and fourth lines are shorter than lines 1, 3, & 5; rhyme scheme is AABBA

• limerick
• haiku
• quatrain
• free verse

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a 4-line poem with one of several schemes (also a stanza in a longer poem); the usual rhyme schemes include ABCB, AABB or ABAB

• quatrain
• limerick
• free verse
• ballad

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

words usually at the ends of lines of poems that sound the same

• rhythm
• meter
• refrian
• rhyme

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the pattern created by placing rhyming words in specific places

• rhythm
• rhyme scheme
• rhyme
• refrain

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a group of lines that might be thought of as a "paragraph" in prose; 

• refrain
• stanza
• meter
• rhythm

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A couplet is a group of how many lines?

• 2
• 1
• 4
• 12

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

I am an ancient form of poem writing. Usually, I have three lines. My first line has 5 syllables, my second line has 7 syllables, and my third line has 5 syllables. What type of poetry am I?

• Sonnet
• Haiku
• Limerick
• Epic

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9