3rd Grade Interactive Poetry Terms
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Acrostic – A fun kind of poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word.
Example:
Silly songs,
Making me laugh,
In the sunshine,
Little joys every day,
Everyone smiles. (Spells “SMILE!”) -
Alliteration – When words start with the same sound over and over.
Example: Silly snakes slither smoothly. -
Haiku – A tiny poem with three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second has 7, and the last has 5.
Example:
Birds chirp in the trees, (5)
Soft breeze whispers through the leaves, (7)
Springtime wakes again. (5) -
Imagery – Words that make you imagine pictures in your mind.
Example: The golden sun shines on the sparkling blue ocean. -
Metaphor – A way of saying something is like something else without using “like” or “as.”
Example: The classroom was a zoo! (It wasn’t really a zoo, but it was noisy and full of energy.) -
Onomatopoeia – Words that sound like the noises they describe.
Example: Boom! Crash! Buzz! Meow! -
Personification – Giving animals or objects human qualities.
Example: The sun smiled down on us. -
Poet – A person who writes poems! Maybe you can be a poet, too!
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Rhyme – Words that sound the same at the end.
Example: Cat and hat, run and fun, blue and true. -
Rhythm – The beat of a poem, like music!
Example: Clap your hands to the beat of this poem! -
Simile – Comparing two things using “like” or “as.”
Example: The moon is like a silver ball in the sky. -
Stanza – A group of lines in a poem, kind of like a paragraph in a story.
These fun poetry tools help make poems exciting and creative! 🌟
This 3rd Grade Interactive Poetry Terms Matching Activity allows students to input answers, check answers, clear answers, reveal answers, and start a new matching set.
Poetry Terms Matching Activity
Matching Set 1
A: A group of lines in a poem.
B: Words that sound the same at the end.
C: Someone who writes poems.
D: Comparing two things using “like” or “as.”
Matching Set 2
A: Giving human qualities to non-human things.
B: A short, three-line poem with 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
C: Comparing two things without using “like” or “as.”
D: The beat or pattern of a poem.
Matching Set 3
A: A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message.
B: Words that create pictures in your mind.
C: Words that sound like what they mean.
D: Repeating the same sound at the beginning of words.
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