3rd Grade Interactive Poetry Terms
- Acrostic – A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message.
- Alliteration – Repeating the same sound at the beginning of words.
- Haiku – A short, three-line poem with 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
- Imagery – Words that create pictures in your mind.
- Metaphor – Comparing two things without using “like” or “as.”
- Onomatopoeia – Words that sound like what they mean.
- Personification – Giving human qualities to non-human things.
- Poet – Someone who writes poems.
- Rhyme – Words that sound the same at the end.
- Rhythm – The beat or pattern of a poem.
- Simile – Comparing two things using “like” or “as.”
- Stanza – A group of lines in a poem.
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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