This Guided Poetry notes handout accompanies the Poetry Presentation. It can be found on Slideshare, or on www.literacystationinspiration.com. This unit focuses on poetic form and structure.

1. Name _____________________________ Class Period _______
Poetry and Poetic Devices
Guided Notes
Poem Basics
Poems can be _____________________ or ______________________.
Poems can be written about _______________________ by _______________________.
Poems consist of ______________________, not _______________________________.
Poems are made up of __________________________, not ____________________________.
Couplet: ______________________ Quatrain: _______________________
Stanzas are separated by ____________________________________________.
Alliteration
Alliteration is when ______________________________________________________________.
What can be alliterative? _________________________________________________________
Write your own example of alliteration:
_________________________________________________________________________________
Onomatopoeia
Definition: ______________________________________________________________________
Words to describe:
Lightning crashing into tree: ________________________
Glass shattering: ___________________________________
Rhyme
Rhyme is _____________________________________________________________________.
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2. Repetition
Repetition is _____________________________________________________________________.
Sensory Language
Sensory language is _____________________________________________________________________.
Sensory Images
Sensory images appea to _________________________________________________________________.
Irony in Poetry
Irony can be situational, dramatic, or verbal.
In poetry, irony is _______________________________________________________________________.
Simile and Metaphor
What is the difference?
Personification
Personification is _____________________________________________________________________.
Write an example __________________________________________________________________
Humor in Poetry
Humor in poetry can come from:
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
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3. Limerick
What is the structure of a limeric?
Free Verse
What is free verse?
Ballad
What is the structure of a ballad?
Haiku
What is the structure of a haiku poem?
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