3rd Grade Interactive Poetry Terms

3rd Grade Interactive Poetry Terms

3rd Grade Interactive Poetry Terms Go Kids Go!

  1. 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!”)

  2. Alliteration – When words start with the same sound over and over.
    Example: Silly snakes slither smoothly.

  3. 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)

  4. Imagery – Words that make you imagine pictures in your mind.
    Example: The golden sun shines on the sparkling blue ocean.

  5. 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.)

  6. Onomatopoeia – Words that sound like the noises they describe.
    Example: Boom! Crash! Buzz! Meow!

  7. Personification – Giving animals or objects human qualities.
    Example: The sun smiled down on us.

  8. Poet – A person who writes poems! Maybe you can be a poet, too!

  9. Rhyme – Words that sound the same at the end.
    Example: Cat and hat, run and fun, blue and true.

  10. Rhythm – The beat of a poem, like music!
    Example: Clap your hands to the beat of this poem!

  11. Simile – Comparing two things using “like” or “as.”
    Example: The moon is like a silver ball in the sky.

  12. 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

Poetry Terms Matching Activity

Matching Set 1

Rhyme:
Stanza:
Poet:
Simile:

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

Metaphor:
Rhythm:
Haiku:
Personification:

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

Onomatopoeia:
Alliteration:
Imagery:
Acrostic:

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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