Types of Poetry

Poetry contains everything except...

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Stanzas

• Paragraphs

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Rhythm has to do with...

• Words sounding the same

• The stressing of syllables

• How many lines are in a poem

• What the poem is about

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A ballad...

• Expresses feelings and emotions

• Has a particular rhyme scheme

• Tells a story

• Is ALWAYS three lines

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Which is a characteristic of a Haiku?

• Has three lines in a pattern: 5, 7, 5 syllables

• Has five lines

• Has a rhyme scheme AABBA

• Has four lines with a rhyme scheme: ABAB

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How many lines does a couplet have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What makes free verse different than other poetry?

• It always tells a story

• It has to use figurative language

• It doesn't have a set rhyme, rhythm, length, or topic

• It always has to have two stanzas

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What is rhyme?

• The topic of the poem

• When two or more words have similar sounds

• When two words are spelled the same

• When stressed syllables make a beat

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How many lines does a Quatrain have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which poem is usually funny and has a rhyme pattern of AABBA?

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Ballad

• Couplet

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Couplets MUST

• Tell a story

• Use figurative language

• Rhyme

• Use the same words

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