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POETRY. It’s rhyme time!. POETRY VOCABULARY. End rhyme Repetition Alliteration Onomatopoeia Simile Metaphor Free Verse. RHYME. Rhyme is used in many poems. Using words that sound alike makes poetry fun to read and write. Examples: drink & stink world & hurled. Repetition.
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POETRY It’s rhyme time!
POETRY VOCABULARY • End rhyme • Repetition • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia • Simile • Metaphor • Free Verse
RHYME • Rhyme is used in many poems. Using words that sound alike makes poetry fun to read and write. • Examples: • drink & stink • world & hurled
Repetition • Repetition is used to make an impact on the poem’s tone. Words or phrases are repeated throughout the poem. • Here comes summer, • Here comes summer, • Chirping robin, budding rose. • Here comes summer, • Here comes summer, • Gentle showers, summer clothes. • By Shel Silverstein
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.
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.
Free Verse • Free verse is poetry that has neither a particular beat or rhyme pattern. It usually does have rhythm, however.
Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds. • Wham! Splat! Pow! I am in trouble now!
Patterned Poetry • Patterned poems usually do not rhyme! • They follow a specific pattern. • Examples include haiku, cinquain, acrostic, initial, and concrete poetry.
