Cinquain Poetry

The word ​cinquain comes from the Latin word for five. A cinquain must have five lines, but it can have many different variations, each with its own specific pattern. The pattern I chose for my creative writing class looks like this:  

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TOPIC/TITLE
ADJECTIVE – ADJECTIVE
ING VERB – ING VERB – ING VERB
FOUR WORD PHRASE
SYNONYM OF TOPIC

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My current class hasn't done this exercise yet, but here are some of the cinquains my students wrote last year:

Try writing your own cinquains (or teaching your class about them) with this free, printable worksheet similar to what I used. (Send me your cinquains if you like. I'm a greedy poetry monster.)