Key learning points

1. Planning is an important part of the writing process.
2. When planning a slam poem you can consider your theme and key ideas to help get you started.
3. ‘Lifted lines’ can be used to create interest and help to develop content.
4. Both end and internal rhymes can be used effectively in slam poetry.

Keywords

• Theme - a central idea or message in a piece of writing

• Refrain - a repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of a stanza

• Internal rhyme - when a word in the middle of a line of poetry rhymes with a word at the end, or within, the same line

• End rhyme - when the last words of two or more lines of poetry sound the same

• Conform - to adhere to established rules, structures or styles within a specific genre or format

Common misconception