front 1 Acrostic | back 1 The first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word. The word often is the subject of the poem. |
front 2 Alphabet | back 2 Each line begins with the letters of the alphabet in order. Another type of it requires you to use all 26 letters of it in your poem. |
front 3 Autobiographical | back 3 Write a poem about yourself starting with your name, telling important information about yourself. |
front 4 Ballad | back 4 Retell an event in history, in the news, or in your life as it. You will want it to rhyme. You may copy the style of other poets. |
front 5 Cinquain | back 5 They have 5 lines. |
front 6 Epitaph | back 6 It is a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written in praise, or reflecting the life, of a deceased person. |
front 7 Free verse poetry | back 7 Poetry composed of rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set patterns. It has a casual irregular rhythm similar to that of everyday speech. |
front 8 Limerick | back 8 It has five lines. The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme. The last words of lines three and four rhyme. |
front 9 Narrative | back 9 They are poems that tell stories. There is a beginning, which introduces the background to the story, a middle, which tells the action of the event, and an end, which concludes and summarizes the story. |
front 10 Epic poetry | back 10 A long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques. |
front 11 Rhythm | back 11 A beat, created by stressed and unstressed syllables in words. |
front 12 Meter | back 12 A pattern of rhythm. |
front 13 Feet | back 13 Units of stressed and unstressed syllables. Meter is measured in it. |
front 14 Rhyme scheme | back 14 When rhymes follow a particular pattern. |
front 15 Alliteration | back 15 Is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginnings of words, as in slippery slope. |
front 16 Repetition | back 16 Is the use of any element of language- a sound, word, or phrase- more than once. |
front 17 Onomatopoeia | back 17 Is the use of words that imitate sounds. Splat, hiss, gurgle. |
front 18 Denotation | back 18 Dictionary definition of a word. |
front 19 Connotation | back 19 Consists of the ideas and feelings that a word brings to
mind. |
front 20 Imagery | back 20 Descriptions that appeal to the five senses. It helps poets convey what they see, hear, smell, taste, or touch. |
front 21 Figurative language | back 21 Language that is not meant to be taken literally. |
front 22 Refrain | back 22 A line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem…reminds readers of a key idea…often repeated at the end of each stanza. |