What I Need To Know

At the end of this lesson, you are expected to identify various elements of poetry.
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1. A segment of a poem that is divided into groups of lines is called a ____________?

A. paragraph C. verse
B. stanza D. sentence
2. The voice of a poem is the _____.
A. tone C. speaker
B. mood D. theme
3. The moral or message of the poem is _____.
A. mood C. speaker
B. tone D. theme
4. What do you call a picture created with words in a poem?
A. image C. theme
B. tone D. rhyme
5. A language used in poetry that appeals to the senses is called _____.
A. metaphor C. simile
B. imagery D. dialect
6. The pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem is ______.
A. rhyme C. rhythm
B. stress D. tone
7. A three-line poem about nature is called _____.
A. sonnet C. haiku
B. limerick D. tanaga

In the previous module, you learn the following concepts:

1. Creative writing is written mainly to entertain with the creativity of the mind.
2. Technical writing is written mainly to inform in a formal manner or to incite the reader to make
an action such as purchase the writer’s product.
3. Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell and taste.
4. Another note about sensory details, there’s no one sense that’s more important than the
other. It all depends on the scene you are trying to create. However, the sight sense is a common
feature in vivid writing.
5. Image is a representation of an experience or object perceived through the senses – sight, smell,
taste, touch and hearing.
 6. Imagery on the other hand refers to words and phrases that create vivid sensory. It is categorized
into five (5) - visual imagery, auditory imagery, olfactory imagery, tactile imagery and gustatory
imagery.
7. Diction is the author’s choice or selection of words or vocabulary; the artistic arrangement that
words constitute. Inappropriate use of diction is called diction error.
8. There are countless figures of speech but there are those which are commonly used by authors -
simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, apostrophe, hyperbole, alliteration, synecdoche,
metonymy, oxymoron and paradox.

Reading and Writing Poetry

For most of us, we love poetry because it is a unique kind of language that expresses our ideas,
feelings and emotions in a meaningful way; not only using words but also sounds, gestures, signs and
symbols. Through poetry, we can relate our human experiences and observations about life and the universe
around us. While a song has lyrics and is musically composed to move us emotionally, a poem is written in
verses that attempt to enhance our understanding of the world we live.
Directions: Match the following concepts in column A to their corresponding examples in
column B. Write only the letter of the correct answer.