Poetry+Books

[[file:POETRY BOOK RUBRIC 2010.doc]]
|| ==== Requirements :====
 * 5 poems/at least 4 different types
 * one free verse poem
 * one rhyming poem
 * all poems relate to an identified theme
 * book cover represents the theme
 * at LEAST 150 words total (more is fine - less is not so much) || ==== Types of Poetry we've Studied: ====
 * haiku
 * couplets
 * tercets
 * ballads/stanzas
 * free verse
 * acrostic
 * concrete
 * limericks
 * more ||
 * < ==== Rhyming Dictionaries: ====
 * ==== Rhyme Zone for a rhyming dictionary (and synonyms, antonyms, and plenty of other resources!) ====
 * Write Express - another online rhyming dictionary || ==== More Poetry Sites: ====
 * Scholastic Writes Poetry
 * 42Explore (where many links on this site came from)
 * Poetry4Kids
 * Giggle Poetry
 * Magnetic Poetry || ==== Figures of Speech (one is required in your free verse poem): ====
 * Metaphor - saying something is something else that it's not
 * Alliteration - same consonant sound at the beginnings of a few words or phrases
 * Assonance - the same vowel sounds within a few words or phrases
 * Consonance - the same consonant sounds at the ends of a few words or phrases
 * Onomatopoeia - sound words that sound like the noise they are describing ||
 * ==== Samples :====
 * Free Verse
 * Concrete ||  ||   ||