ELA Poetry

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

Question 2

Stanza

Answer 2

A division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit.

Question 3

Haiku

Answer 3

Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five syllable schemes, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

Question 4

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 4

The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines of poetry. The marker will begin with the letter A, assigning
a new letter for each new sound, and repeating a letter for each repeated sound within a stanza

Question 5

Rhythm

Answer 5

Rhythm is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. It is consistent within most forms of poetry – each line has the same relative number of syllables.

Question 6

Cinquain

Answer 6

Is a simple five-line, unrhymed form of poetry that is a one-verse poem

Question 7

Repetition

Answer 7

The repetition of words, phrases, lines or stanzas within a poem

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

The use of a word to indicate a sound

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.
These should be in sounds that are accented, or stressed, rather than in vowel sounds that are unaccented.

Question 10

Consonance

Answer 10

Repeated consonant sounds at the end of words placed near each other, usually on the
same or adjacent lines. These should be in sounds that are accented, or stressed, rather than in vowel sounds that are unaccented. This produces a pleasing kind of near-rhyme.
Example: boats into the past
Example: cool soul