Diamante

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Diamante Poetry
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What is a diamante poem?

• A diamante is a poem in the shape of a diamond.
• It does not have to rhyme, but each line uses
  specific types of words.
• It can be about one topic or two opposite topics.

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Antonym Diamante Poem
This poem shows the difference between day and
night. Can you see where the poem changes?
Day, Bright, Sunny Laughing, playing, doing, Up
in the east, down in the west Talking, resting,
sleeping, Quiet, dark, Night
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Synonym Diamante Poem
This poem describes one topic.
Monsters, Creepy, Sinister, Hiding, lurking,
stalking, Vampires, mummies, werewolves, and
more Chasing, pouncing, eating, Hungry, scary,
Creatures
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Snagbare, tallstanding, waiting,
decayingtermites, birds, raccoons,
squirrelsfeeding, nesting, huntinglife, death
tree.
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Diamante' Poetry Choose two words antonyms or
synonyms Example Summer, Winter or
Monster, Creature Word banks that I need 1.
Adjectives Winter is ______ 2. Verbs "ing"
words 3. Nouns
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Word Lists

• Synonym or Antonym List
• Poetry Word Bank

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• UEN Diamante' Poetry