A play on words

End rhymeRepetitionAlliteration

OnomatopoeiaSimile

MetaphorFree Verse

POETRY VOCABULARY

RHYME

• Rhyme is used in many poems.

• Using words that sound alike makes poetry fun to read and write.

Examples:

Think and drink

Pink and link

Repetition is used to make an impact on the poem’s tone. Words or phrases are repeated throughout the poem.

Don't tell snow not to snow

Don't tell weeds not to grow

Don't tell lions not to roar

Don't tell Grandad not to snore

Don’t tell us to write poetry anymore

Create your own: waste of time, sports, tv, music,

REPETITION

Alliteration uses the same beginning word sounds over and over, like a tongue twister.

ExampleBetty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter's bitter; 

if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter,but a bit of better butter will make my batter better.

So she bought a bit of butter better than her bitter butter,and she put it in her batter and the batter was not bitter.So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.

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ALLITERATION

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. • "I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails... bend corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve."- Big Boi from Outkast on "Atliens," Atliens•More Exapmles

SIMILE AND METAPHOR

Free verse is poetry that has neither a particular beat or rhyme pattern. It usually does have rhythm, however.

Thrill RideUp. Up.

Click, click.Wind blows

sharp in my ears.My heart jumps. Skips.It’s up. It’s up higher.It’s up, up the highest.

Hands grasp at the clouds.Then a forever pause. Still. Waiting.

Finally. Whoosh!Steep drop

down,down,down.

FREE VERSE

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds.

Wham! Splat! Pow! I am in trouble now!

The GameClap! Clap!

Stomp! Stomp!Swish! Swish!

This is the way we get throughOur games.

The crowd shouts,”Yahoo!”

The ball soars through the air.Then, bounce, bounce, bounce.The audience holds its breath.

SWISH!The ball goes in; 

We win!

ONOMATOPOEIA

PATTERNED POETRY

Patterned poems usually do not

rhyme!They follow a

specific pattern.

Examples include haiku, cinquain,

acrostic, initial, and concrete poetry.

Examples •haiku • The first and last lines of a

Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables.

•Cinquain• Cinquains are five lines

long.• They have 2 syllables in the

first line, 4 in the second, 6 in the third, 8 in the fourth line, and just 2 in the last line.

• acrostic • N ever give up • O utstanding effort• L earning• A nother level • N ew way

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