Poetry
What is poetry?
TYPES OF POETRY
Acrostic
Example:
Students learning
Cheering for each other
Hands-on activities
Outstanding teamwork
Outside for recess
Love
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Rhyming
Example:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Sugar is sweet
and so are you.
Cinquain
Line 1: title 1 word
Line 2: description 2 words
Line 3: action 3 words
Line 4: feeling (phrase) 4 words
Line 5: title (synonym) 1 word
Example:
Chocolate
delicious, gooey
melting, breaking, unwrapping
it is my favorite.
Dessert
Haiku
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
Example:
Cats
Playful yet sleepy.
They do whatever they want.
They are so much fun!
Limerick
Example:
There was once a young girl who said : "Why
Can't I look in my ear with my eye?
If I put my mind to it
I'm sure I can do it.
You never can tell till you try."
Concrete or Shape
Example:
Listing
Example:
Ice Cream
vanilla
strawberry
chocolate
double fudge brownie
rocky road
peanut butter
mint chocolate chip
bunny tracks
Diamante
Antonym directions
Line 1: subject
Line 2: 2 adjectives describing the subject
Line 3: 3 words ending in -ing describing the subject
Line 4: four words: the first 2 describe the subject, the last 2 describe the opposite
Line 5: 3 words ending in -ing describing the opposite
Line 6: 2 adjectives describing the opposite
Line 7: opposite
Example:
...................Day
..............bright, sunny
...laughing, playing, running
......light, warm, dark, cooler
......talking, resting, sleeping
..............quiet, calm
..................Night
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- Read, Write, Think Diamante Poems
Riddle Poems
Example:
Still, I am like a mirror.
Fast, I am stronger than stone.
Wet, I can burn you.
Dry, I can keep you warm.
Life I can be in the desert.
Death I can be in a riverbank.
What am I?
Answer: Water!
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