4th Grade Interactive Poetry Terms

4th Grade Interactive Poetry Terms Matching Activity

4th Grade Interactive Poetry Terms

This 4th Grade Interactive Poetry Terms Matching Activity allows students to learn and master 14 poetry terms. 

  1. alliteration – The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry.
  2. couplet – Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and often have the same meter.
  3. haiku – A short poem with three lines and a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
  4. imagery – Words or phrases that create vivid sensory experiences in poetry.
  5. meter – A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
  6. metaphor – A figure of speech that compares two things without using “like” or “as.”
  7. onomatopoeia – Words that imitate the sound they represent (e.g., buzz, boom).
  8. personification – Giving human qualities to non-human objects or animals.
  9. repetition – The use of the same word or phrase multiple times in a poem for emphasis.
  10. rhyme – Words that have the same ending sound.
  11. rhyme scheme – The pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem.
  12. simile – A figure of speech that compares two things using “like” or “as.”
  13. stanza – A group of lines in a poem.
  14. symbolism – Using objects or words to represent deeper meanings or ideas in a poem.

Poetry Terms Matching Activity

Matching Set 1

Stanza:
Rhyme:
Metaphor:
Simile:
Haiku:

A: Words that have the same ending sound.
B: A group of lines in a poem.
C: A figure of speech that compares two things without using “like” or “as.”
D: A short poem with three lines and a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
E: A figure of speech that compares two things using “like” or “as.”

Matching Set 2

Alliteration:
Personification:
Onomatopoeia:
Rhyme Scheme:
Imagery:

A: Words that imitate the sound they represent (e.g., buzz, boom).
B: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry.
C: Words or phrases that create vivid sensory experiences in poetry.
D: Giving human qualities to non-human objects or animals.
E: The pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem.

Matching Set 3

Meter:
Couplet:
Repetition:
Symbolism:

A: Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and often have the same meter.
B: A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
C: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times in a poem for emphasis.
D: Using objects or words to represent deeper meanings or ideas in a poem.

 

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