Acrostic Poetry

What type of poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line?

• Acrostic

• Limerick

• Free Verse

• Autobiography

In ___________________poems, the first letter of each line spells out a word or saying.

• "Who Am I?"

• acrostic

• free verse

• cinquain

Cats

Cuddly

Acrobatic

Tenacious and Terrifying

Softly purring

• Acrostic

• Haiku

• Free Verse

• Ballad

• Limerick

What type of poem is shown?

• Acrostic

• Limmerick

• Freestyle

• Diamante

Write an acrostic poem using the word 'SUNSET'

• Singing birds in the sky

• Unbelievable beauty of the night

• See the sun sinking low Underneath the horizon Now the sky is painted with Shades of orange and pink Eternal beauty of nature's farewell

• Never-ending colors in the evening

How is acrostic poetry different from other forms of poetry?

• Acrostic poetry has no specific structure

• Acrostic poetry uses only one word per line

• Acrostic poetry does not have a hidden message

• Acrostic poetry uses the first letter of each line to spell out a word or message.

What type of poetry is expressed?

• acrostic poem

• haiku

• imagery

This is an example of an acrostic poem

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What is an acrostic poem?

• A) A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message

• B) A poem with a specific rhyme scheme

• C) A poem that tells a story

• D) A poem that does not follow any structure

Which of the following is a characteristic of acrostic poetry?

• A) It always rhymes

• B) It spells out a word with the first letters of each line

• C) It is written in iambic pentameter

• D) It uses a specific number of syllables per line