Elements of Poetry

1. Writing that plays with rhyme & rhythm and focuses on emotion, descriptive qualities, or imagery is called...

• nonfiction

• realistic fiction

• poetry

• fairy tales

The writer of a poem is called a...

• narrator

• poet

• author

• speaker

All Poems have rhyme.

• True

• False

Check all the things you could find in poetry.

• rhyming words

• rhythm

• repetition

• paragraphs.

Which is an example of rhyming words?

• blue - bat

• blocks - locks

• pat - scratch

• try - tent

All are found in poetry EXCEPT...

• rhyme scheme

• paragraphs

• rhythm

To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or lines in a poem

Example:

"I'm car sick.

Open a window.

I'm car sick.

rest your eyes.

I'm car sick.

Drink some water."

• rhyme

• repetition

• rhythm

• simile