1. Warm Up: Complete warm up located on your table. Use the correct verbs in context. ***Dont forget to write your name, date, and class period on your paper.

2. POEMS TELL STORIES POEMS EXPRESS FEELINGS POEMS DESCRIBE POEMS EXPRESS IDEAS

3. STANZA A stanza is a group of lines in poetry with no blank lines in between. Stanzas are like paragraphs in normal writing. They divide one part of the poem from the next part. DREAMS by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dream For if dreams die Life is broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Froze with snow.

4. VERSE A single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry. DREAMS by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dream For if dreams die Life is broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Froze with snow.

5. RHYME A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words How do dreams know when to creep into my head when I fall off to sleep? One, two, Buckle my shoe. Three, four, Shut the door. March winds and April showers Bring forth May flowers.

6. Spaghetti! Spaghetti Spaghetti! Youre wonderful stuff, I love you, spaghetti, I cant get enough. Youre covered with sauce And youre sprinkled with cheese, Spaghetti! Oh, give me some please. Jack Prelutsky

7. RHYTHM The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem (perfect example: RAP) A poem has rhythm if the reader of the poem gives the poem rhythm.

8. HUMPTY DUMPTY Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and of all the kings horses and all of the Kings men couldnt put Humpty Dumpty together again.

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10. RHYME SCHEME The pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. Use letters to identify scheme Example AA BB AB AB ABCD

11. Mr. Brown, the circus clown puts his clothes on upside down. He wears his hat upon his toes and socks and shoes upon his nose.

12. Mr. Brown, the circus clown puts his clothes on upside down. He wears his hat upon his toes and socks and shoes upon his nose. A A B B

13. Rudy Tude is rather rude. There's no one half as mean. He truly is the crudest dude that anyone has seen. He'll poke you in the eye for fun. He'll step upon your toes. He'll yell at you until you run, then spray you with a hose. He'll wipe his nose upon his sleeves. He'll spit upon the ground. So everybody always leaves when Rudy Tude's around. And, all alone, he'll sit and cry but never make amends. He'll only cry and wonder why he hasn't any friends. A A B B C D C D F E E F G G