Words, Wit, and Wonder - (Writer's Toolbox) by Nancy Loewen (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Ready to build a poem? First, you'll need the right tools. Open this title in the Writer's Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon you'll be writing rhythms and rhymes like a pro!

Review Quotes

Part of the Writer's Toolbox series, this primer provides aspiring poets with 12 fundamental "tools"--poetic elements and forms--for writing poetry. Skillful, concise explanations of the basic components of poetry and such poetry forms as acrostic, concrete, and haiku are further illuminated using examples of works by the author, Edward Lear, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, and Laura Purdie Salas. Loewen's informal text and the accompanying poems are particularly adept at explaining the sometimes difficult-to-grasp concepts of rhythm, rhyme, metaphor, and simile. Lyles' bright, mixed-media illustrations add life to a subject that students often consider intimidating or stuffy. The book closes with a handy review section, writing activities, writers' tips, a short bibliography, an index, a link to related Internet sources, and a glossary that unfortunately lacks pronunciations, which would have been especially helpful for such classic stumpers as cinquain, haiku, and onomatopoeia.-- "Booklist"

Rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia are defined and described as tools for writing different forms of poetry: acrostic, cinquain concrete poem, free verse, haiku, limerick. http: //www.teachingkidsbooks.com/-- "Teaching with Kids's Books"