Poetry

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

• speaker

• author

• poet

Poems have to rhyme.

• true

• false

Check all the things you could find in poetry.

• rhyming words

• rhythm/beat

• alliteration

• repetition

Which is an example of rhyming words?

• blue - bat

• blocks - locks

• pat - scratch

• try - tent

All are found in poetry except...

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• paragraphs

All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

The writer of a poem is called...

• poet
• illustrator
• author
• smart person

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