Poetry Notes

Poems are broken into ________ differing in lengths or breaking points.

• Stanzas

• Lines

Poems are also broken into _______ which help convey the overall message of the work.

• Stanzas

• Lines

Poems with no rhyme scheme are called _________.

• Sonnets

• Free Verse

• Spoken Word

What do we call the person speaking in the poem?

• Speaker

• Narrator

Aria, David, and Abigail are exploring the magical world of poetry! Can you help them identify the three main categories of poetry?

• lyric and narrative.

• lyric, narrative, and dramatic.

• informative, expository, and narrative.

• None of the above.

Three main categories of poetry are 

• lyric and narrative.

• lyric, narrative, and dramatic.

• informative, expository, and narrative.

• None of the above.

The big, bad bear boldly bares it's teeth at all the baby bunnies by the bushes.

This sentence is an example of a(n)....

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts. "

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Extended Metaphor

Poets can incorporate the sound qualities of words through the use of...

End rhyme: also called tail or -- rhyme.