3rd Grade Interactive Poetry Terms

3rd Grade Interactive Poetry Terms

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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.

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

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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