📚 Part 1: Poetic Forms and Language Features

1. Which poetic form traditionally has 17 syllables arranged in three lines?

Free verse

Haiku

Sonnet

Ballad

2. "The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of:

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Alliteration

3. Which of these is a simile?

Her voice was music to my ears

She sings like an angel

The stars danced in the sky

Time is money

4. Check all the structural features that poets might use:

Line breaks

Stanzas

Rhyme scheme

Rhythm

✏️ Part 2: Identifying Figurative Language

5. Read this line: "The mountain stood like a giant guardian over the valley."

a) What type of figurative language is this? ________________

b) What two things are being compared? ________________ and ________________

6. Create your own examples of figurative language:

Simile: The ocean was as ________________ as ________________

Metaphor: Her smile was ________________

Personification: The sun ________________ through the clouds

7. Why might a New Zealand poet use figurative language to describe the landscape?

🎨 Part 3: Creative Writing

8. Write a short poem (4-6 lines) about an aspect of New Zealand or Pacific culture that is meaningful to you. Include at least one simile, metaphor, or personification. Circle the figurative language you use.

9. Explain how your choice of figurative language helps express your ideas or feelings:

Poetry Forms and Language

Poetry Forms and Language

📚 Part 1: Poetic Forms and Language Features

✏️ Part 2: Identifying Figurative Language

🎨 Part 3: Creative Writing

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