Poetry Words

the chunks of a poem; the paragraph of the poetry world!

• stanza

• lines

• meter

• rhyme scheme

the predictable pattern of rhyming that occurs in a poem

• stanza

• slant rhyme

• meter

• rhyme scheme

the rhythm of a poem is called its...

• meter

• rhyme

• syllables

• stanza

when two words sound kind of a like, but don't perfectly rhyme

• symbolism

• syllables

• rhyme scheme

• slant rhyme

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.

repetition, similes, metaphors, and symbolism are examples of...

• slant rhyme

• stanzas

• figurative language

• vocabulary

Four line stanza that rhymes (usually)

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

two lines of poetry that rhyme

• tercet

• couplet

• quatrain

three line stanza

• tercet

• quatrain

• couplet