Elements of Poetry

Poems are DIFFERENT from other fiction stories because..

• Poems often rhyme

• Poems do not have to be written in complete sentences

• A poem can be told and written from different points of view

• All Answers Are True

TRUE/FALSE: Poems are always FICTION

• TRUE

• FALSE

A _________ is a collection of words within a poem.

• Line

• Alliteration

• Poet

• Speaker

Groups of lines in poems are called ___________ (instead of paragraph)

• Character Tag

• Line Break

• Stanza

• Prose

Benjamin Button bottled his blueberry brew.

This is an example of....

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Repetition

When poems are read out oud they will often form a ________.

• Rhythm

• Poem

• Prose

• Onomatopoeia

When I dropped the hot pan it "CLANKED" aganist the tile floor.

"Clank" is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• repetition

• simile

Why do some poems include lots of repetition?

• Because poetry is written with figurative language

• To stress/emphasize something important.

• The poet ran out of ideas

• Because poetry doesn't have structure.

TRUE/FALSE: The poet and the speaker are always the same person.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who physically wrote the poem on paper?

• Speaker

• Author

• Poet

• Playwright