Introduction to Poetry

Song lyrics are poems.

What is a written work with an emphasis on feelings, ideas, and figurative language?

___________ is giving human characteristics and traits to something that is not human.

What gives a poem a musical quality and/or invokes a certain sound or image to your mind?

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, such as the c in classic cola.

This kind of writing makes up short stories and novels.

Which of the following is a goal of today's lesson? (Hint: they all are)

Language that appeals to the five sensesis called...

The repetition of sounds at the end of words (such as words and birds)

All poems rhyme. 

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line is called...

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

A poem with a repeating patternof stressed an unstressed syllables has a...

Poems can have many meanings depending on who is reading.

The use of words (made up or real) whose sound when you say them suggests their meaning. 

A comparison between two things without the words “like” or “as” is called a...

A comparison between two things using the word “like” or “as” is called a...

The use of a word, phrase, or line more than once is called...