1. It’s rhyme time!
POETRY

2. POETRY VOCABULARY End rhyme Repetition Alliteration Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Free Verse

3. RHYME
Rhyme is used in many poems. Using words that sound alike makes poetry fun to read and write.
Examples:
drink & stink
world & hurled

4. Repetition
Repetition is used to make an impact on the poem’s tone. Words or phrases are repeated throughout the poem.
Here comes summer,
Chirping robin, budding rose.
Gentle showers, summer clothes.
By Shel Silverstein

5. Alliteration
Alliteration uses the same beginning word sounds over and over, like a tongue twister.
My beautiful bubbles burst and then,
I simply blow some more again.
The setting sun slipped slowly down,
Making room for the milky moon.

6. Simile and Metaphor
Similes are comparisons that use “like” or “as.” Her eyes are as green as emeralds Clouds soft and fluffy like marshmallows.
Metaphors are comparisons that say one thing is another My father’s anger is a volcano about to blow.

7. Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds.
Wham! Splat! Pow! I am in trouble now!

8. Patterned Poetry Patterned poems usually do not rhyme!
They follow a specific pattern.
Examples include haiku, cinquain, acrostic, initial, and concrete poetry.

9. Some types of poetry to know…..

10. Haiku Has three non-rhyming lines. First line has 5 syllables.
Second line has 7 syllables.
Third line has 5 syllables.
Often about something beautiful in nature.

11. Cinquain Has five lines: Line 1: noun
Line 2: two adjectives describing the noun
Line 3: three verbs showing the actions of the noun
Line 4: a four-word phrase telling about the noun
Line 5: repetition of the noun or use of a synonym for the noun

12. Limerick Five line poem Uses the rhyme scheme of a, a, b, b, a
Uses the syllabication of 8, 8, 5, 5, 8
Funny or nonsensical
First line often begins with
“There once was…”

13. Limerick Example There once was a sweet little frog
Who lived by himself on a log.
He saw a fat fly,
And he said, “Oh my!
I think I’ll go out for a jog.”
Rhymes with 2
What happens?
2 short snappy lines
How it ended?
Rhymes with 1 & 2