Poetry

Poems are written in

• sentences and paragraphs

• lines and paragraphs

• lines and stanzas

• sentences and stanzas

Little Missy Moo, musing about music, moons and moose

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Tone

You are a firework, a beautiful explosion of light and colours

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

Seeing your smile is like winning a million dollars.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• sensory language

• simile

I can see all the colours of the sunset, blending together like a fruit smoothie. I can hear the birds, chirping as they prepare for nightfall. I can feel the warmth of the day slowing turning into an early evening chill.

• hyperbole, onomatopoeia imagery

• imagery, metaphor

• imagery, simile, onomatopoeia, sensory language

• sensory language, onomatopoeia

Authors of poems are called

• Poem Authors

• Poets

• Writers

• Poetryers

The poems I have to include in my Anthology are:

• Rhyming Couplet and Narrative

• Haiku and Limerick

• Cinquain and Free Verse

• Sonnet and Acrostic

Write a simile

My backpack weighs 1,000 pounds!

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

What is the primary purpose of a poem?

• To tell a story

• To express emotions

• To provide factual information

• To entertain with humor