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Haikus
Format
An old silent pond...
(Five syllables)
A frog jumps into the pond,
(Seven syllables)
Splash! Silence again.
(Five syllables)
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Requirements
3 lines long
First line: 5 syllables
Second line: 7 syllables
Third line: 5 syllables
Draft your haikus below. Remember to include figurative language to
enhance your poems. Use top of this page and power point to help you.
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Reflect What types of figurative language did you use? Explain them.
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Cinquains
Format
Baseball
Requirements
Five lines
Line one: Title (noun), 2 syllables
Line two: Description, 4 syllables
Line three: Action, 6 syllables
Line four: Feeling (phrase), 8
syllables
Line Five: Title (Synonym for title),
2 syllables
(Two syllables)
Bats, balls, helmets
(Four syllables)
Hitting, fielding, pitching
(Six syllables)
The greatest game in the whole world
(Eight Syllables)
Great Sport
(Two syllables)
Draft your cinquains below. Remember to include figurative language to
enhance your poems. Use top of this page and power point to help you.
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In your poems, use at least three
examples of figurative language. List
them here.
Type
Example
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Limericks
Requirements
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Funny
Short
Rhyming
Distinctive rhythm and rhyme
pattern
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Format
There was an old man from Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in a fright
In the middle of the night
And found it was perfectly true.
In your poems, use at least three
examples of figurative language. List
them here.
Type
Example
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Acrostic
Format
• First, last or other letters spell
a word
• Does NOT have to rhyme
First, draft an acrostic about school
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In your poems, use at least two examples of
figurative language. List them here.
Type
Example
Now draft one on the topic of your
choice.
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Concrete
Requirements
• Describes something that is
concrete
• The words form what is being
described
• Can be written on any topic
Draft your concrete poem here.
Reflect What types of figurative language did you use? Explain them.
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Color
Format
• About your favorite color
• Uses analogies or similes
• Uses five senses
• Every line starts with (your color) is…
• Each describes one of the five senses
In the table below describe how your color looks, smells, tastes, feels, and sounds like.
See
Smell
Taste
Feel
Hear
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Color
Draft your color poem here.
Reflect What types of figurative language did you use? Explain them.
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Free Verse
Format
• Can be about ANYTHING
• Does NOT have to rhyme
• Has no set meter
Draft your free verse here.
In your poems, use at least two examples of figurative language. List them here.
Type
Example