Poetry

• Figurative language (like similes, metaphors, extended metaphors, alliteration, consonance, etc.)

• imagery

• rhymes and rhyme schemes (not all poems do)

• ​specific forms (lines, stanzas, shape)

​Poetry uses:

​a type of literature that causes readers to experience an event or emotion in an imaginative way through the language chosen.

​Poetry is...

​These are new words we will use in poetry:

• rhyme: when a word, syllable, or line end with the same sound

• rhyme scheme: the pattern of rhyme a poems uses, usually noted by using letters (aabc, aabb, abcabc,)​

• ​stanza: similar to a paragraph in prose

• lines:​ similar to a sentence in prose

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• shapes: some poems can take the form of the shape that the poem is describing.

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​More poetry terms to know:

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• novels

• ​essays

• ​biographies

• plays (the term line is used in plays,but not most forms of prose)​

Examples of prose

writing in its original form, without rhythm.

Prose is...

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Activity Directions

Create a one pager with at least 2 images and 5 things poetry and prose either have in common or are that are different.

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**Your one pager is due before class ends today.​**

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