6th grade Poetry Intro
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stanzas
lines
line breaks
rhyme scheme
and the use of figurative language
>>How does connotation and the use of literary device strengthen or change a text??
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Multiple Choice
The author of a poem is called the
writer
author
poet
speaker
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A line is just a group of words arranged in a row.
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Fill in the Blanks
How many lines are in this poem?
Type answer...
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A line break happens when one line ends and another begins.
They are very important in poetry, because they cause the reader to pause between the last word of one line and the first word of the next line.
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A stanza is a grouped set of lines.
A stanza is usually separated from other lines with a blank line
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Fill in the Blanks
How many stanzas does this poem have?
Type answer...
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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other.
Dr. Suess Video 1 (original)
Dr. Suess Video 2 (1Fish)
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If an end sound repeats the end sound of an earlier line, it gets the same letter as the earlier line.
A new letter of the alphabet is used for each line that introduces new rhyme.
The next stanza has a rhyme scheme of cdccd. None of the end words in the second stanza rhyme with the end words in the first stanza.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, A
And sorry I could not travel both B
And be one traveler, long I stood A
And looked down one as far as I could A
To where it bent in the undergrowth B
Then took the other, as just as fair, C
And having perhaps the better claim, D
Because it was grassy and wanted wear, C
Though as for that the passing there C
Had worn them really about the same, D
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Multiple Choice
What is the pattern of a rhyme a poem follows called?
Rhime scheme
Rhyme scheme.
Rhythm.
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Multiple Choice
What are groups of lines in a poem that provide a natural break?
lines
Rhyme Scheme
Stanzas
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Multiple Choice
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Why does my boy so often say
Chocolate chip cookies, Mama
Chocolate chip cookies, for me!
Doesn't he know I've things to do?
And he wants me to make cookies too!
Chocolate chip cookies in the mouth
Fresh from the oven all gooey and warm
Ok then, I've nothing to do
but take time to make
Chocolate chip cookies for me and you
Oh yum!
This poem has how many stanzas?
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2
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Multiple Choice
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Why does my boy so often say
Chocolate chip cookies, Mama
Chocolate chip cookies, for me!
Doesn't he know I've things to do?
And he wants me to make cookies too!
Chocolate chip cookies in the mouth
Fresh from the oven all gooey and warm
Ok then, I've nothing to do
but take time to make
Chocolate chip cookies for me and you
Oh yum!
What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza?
abcdd
aabbe
abdde
abbcd
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Multiple Choice
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Why does my boy so often say
Chocolate chip cookies, Mama
Chocolate chip cookies, for me!
Doesn't he know I've things to do?
And he wants me to make cookies too!
Chocolate chip cookies in the mouth
Fresh from the oven all gooey and warm
Ok then, I've nothing to do
but take time to make
Chocolate chip cookies for me and you
Oh yum!
This passage is which type of poem?
sonnet
epic
narrative
ballad
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Multiple Choice
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Why does my boy so often say
Chocolate chip cookies, Mama
Chocolate chip cookies, for me!
Doesn't he know I've things to do?
And he wants me to make cookies too!
Chocolate chip cookies in the mouth
Fresh from the oven all gooey and warm
Ok then, I've nothing to do
but take time to make
Chocolate chip cookies for me and you
Oh yum!
This passage is which type of poem?
sonnet
epic
narrative
ballad
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Multiple Choice
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Why does my boy so often say
Chocolate chip cookies, Mama
Chocolate chip cookies, for me!
Doesn't he know I've things to do?
And he wants me to make cookies too!
Chocolate chip cookies in the mouth
Fresh from the oven all gooey and warm
Ok then, I've nothing to do
but take time to make
Chocolate chip cookies for me and you
Oh yum!
This poem is written from the point of view of
the boy.
the mother.
the narrator.
the father.
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Multiple Choice
What is a stanza?
A group of words arranged in a row.
Where each line of text end in the poem.
The stressed and unstressed syllables
A group of lines within a poem that often contain sound patterns.
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Multiple Choice
The order/pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
internal rhyme
meter
rhyme scheme
plot
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Multiple Choice
How is poetry written? (structure)
Sentences
Lines & paragraphs
Lines & stanzas
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S- Simile
H- Hyperbole
A- Alliteration
M-Metaphor
P-Personification
O-Onomatopoeia
O-Oxymoron
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Multiple Choice
What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?
onomatopoeia
optical illusion
imagery
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Multiple Choice
The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. What is being personified?
The forest
The wind
A person whispering
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Multiple Choice
The snow is a white blanket.
hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
simile
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?
The boy was upset at himself.
The boy was a tornado of emotion.
The boy said he’d die of shame.
The boy did not like what he’d done.
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following sentences contains a simile?
The thunder boomed and rumbled.
The thunder growled, and the windows shook.
The thunder growled like a group of grizzly bears.
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Multiple Choice
Both similes and metaphors ________.
compare things
use the words “like” and “as”
make a story less vivid
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Poetry has many shapes and forms to it much like art!
You can rhyme or not. Make it long or not.
Lets look at historically famous types of poems and what types of figurative language they use!
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Multiple Choice
In ancient times, lyric poems were created to be __________.
read
sung
explained
imagined
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Lyric Poems
Narrative Poems
Usually short poems that express personal feelings. Sometimes they sound like they could be written to go with music even though they are not written to be sung. Emily Dickinson's works are "lyrical".
Tells stories in verse and can be short or long. Famous narrative poems would include "The Raven", by Edgar Allen Poe.
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Multiple Choice
The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is ________________.
ABAB
AABB
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A narrative poem written to be sung. Typically short and has a refrain (repeated stanza). Convey strong emotions such as love or righteous anger.
Can be written about anything but usually is based on folklore or popular legend. "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid. "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" from The Lion King.
A Ballad
An Epic
A long narrative poem. Usually about a serious subject such as events that are important to a nation or culture. Many feature heroes who are larger than life. Examples would be "Iliad" and "Odyssey" about the Trojan War and its heroes.
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Multiple Choice
Often a poet will repeat certain words, sounds, or even syllables in a poem. This device is called
alliteration
rhyme
onomatopoeia
repetition
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Multiple Choice
I am who I am.
I do not care.
You are who you are.
Let them all stare.
This poem has 1 line
This poem has 2 lines
This poem has 3 lines
This poem has 4 lines
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Multiple Choice
A fourteen line lyric poem that has a rhyme scheme according to its type.
Epic
Narrative Poem
Sonnet
Limerick
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Multiple Choice
Poetry that does not have a set rhyming pattern.
patterned
free verse
rhymed
humorous
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Multiple Choice
Everyone, young or old,
Needs someone to listen
As their stories are told.
The difference is yours to make.
A minute from your busy day
Is all it would take.
Take a minute and lend an ear.
Listen intently
To what you hear.
This poem has 2 stanzas
This poem has 3 stanzas
This poem has 4 stanzas
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A Sonnet
Free Verse
Traditionally has fourteen lines of ten syllables each. Some sonnets vary from this, but they all have specific rhyme scheme and number of syllables per line. Examples would be from William Shakespeare's sonnets.
Poems with lines that do not rhyme. Example of this:
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
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Multiple Choice
What is personification?
A person emphasizing something in a poem.
An object or animal taking on human characteristics.
tells about a person's life.
uses metaphors to describe a person.
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Multiple Choice
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
simile
personification
metaphor
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Multiple Choice
The author of a poem is called the
writer
author
poet
speaker
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