Unit 2: Poetry

A poet is a person who….

• Writes poems.

• Writes rap songs.

• Writes lyrics.

• Writes many different genres of texts.

A piece of writing that uses techniques such as rhyme and rhythm to describe a feeling, event, or idea in a unique way is…..

• Stanza

• Poetic device

• Poem

• Line

A poetic device is…

• A feature of a poem such as rhyme, sound devices, and figurative language.

• the basic unit of a poem, made up of a series of lines.

• A string of words in a poem, not necessarily a full sentence or phrase.

• A piece of writing that uses

Language used for descriptive effect, often to imply ideas indirectly.

• Figurative Language

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

A figure of speech that uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

A figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the words like or as.

• Personification

• Figurative language

• Simile

• Metaphor

A figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human form or qualities.

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

A metaphor that compares two seemingly unlike things in various ways through a paragraph, a stanza, or an entire literary work.

• Extended Metaphor

• Figurative Language

• Simile

• Metaphor

Language that creates a picture in the reader’s mind is called….

• Rhyme Scheme

• Line Break

• Sound Devices

• Imagery

The ordered pattern of word sounds and features that help create a rhythm and beat to the poem.

• Rhyme Scheme

• Imagery

• Rhythm

• Point of View