February+Poetry

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Acrostic Poem
[|Food Time-Line] [|Read Write Think] [|Poetry Class] =Personification= when you make a thing, idea, or an animal do something only humans can do.

=Metaphor= are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. =Simile= when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."

=Limerick= A limerick is a silly poem with five lines. They are often funny or nonsensical.

=Irony=

let us say one thing but mean the opposite. Usually expressed in positive words, but it implies blame.

=Alliteration= = = an identical consonant sound is repeated.

=Onomatopoeia= = = Words sound like their meanings. Make the language fun to hear and say.

=Hyperbole= gives force or intensity to what we say or write.

=Haiku=

ancient poetry style that originated in Japan. Haiku is short, but it does two things: usually describes a natural object and includes a second image or an insight that gives energy to the first image.

Narrative Poem Tells a story. The story can be real or fictional about ordinary or famous people.

=Free Verse= Easy and fun to write. Does not rhyme, can be about a serious or humorous subjects.

=Limericks=

Five-line poem. The first, second, and fifth lines rhyme and have three beats to the rhythm. The third and fourth lines rhyme and have two beats to the rhythm. They are often silly humorous.

=Lyric Poem= Developed from an ancient Greek form of poetry that was accompanied by a musical instrument, usually lyre. These poems are like songs and have a musical quality about them.

=Cinquains similar to Haiku’s but don’t rhyme. =

Idioms a word or phrase which means something different from what it says - it is usually a metaphor. Idioms are common phrases or terms whose meanings are not literal, but are figurative and only known through their common use.