Poetry Month

What do people do during poetry month?

• Read poems

• Nothing

• Watch movies

Poems can also be ________.

• drawings

• songs

• plays

What is the rhyme scheme?

• A B C D E F G

• AA BB CC DD

• A B C B A B C D

• A B A B C D C D

What is the rhyme scheme?

• A B A B C D A D

• No rhyme scheme

• A A B B C C

•  LMNOP

What is an alliteration?

• suggests something is another

• gives human qualities to a non-human thing

• repeated beginning sounds in a sentence

• compares two things using "like" or "as"

What is assonance?

• The repetition of letters in a line of poetry

• the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry

• the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry

• the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry

How many lines does a traditional Shakespearean Sonnet contain?

• 12

• 16

• 10

• 14

How many syllables total in a Haiku?

• 10

• 15

• 17

• 7

The Lines of a Haiku according to syllable:
1 - 5
2 - 7
3 - ?

• 5

• 7

Complete the Haiku:
^{An ocean voyage
As waves break over the bow,}

• My boat suddenly, sinks.

• I'm free to ride the waves.

• the sea welcomes me.

• I hear the ocean calling.