Poetry

Front

What is poetry?

Back

A kind of writing.

Front

What should you do first when you receive a poem?

Back

Number the lines and stanzas.

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CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RF.3.4C

Front

Which sense is appealed to in the phrase: 'Her sweater was so soft, reminding me of a smooth bunny or a fluffy cotton ball'?

Back

Touch.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Front

What sense is appealed to in the phrase: 'The leaves danced as the wind shook the tree'?

Back

Sight.

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Front

Who is a poet?

Back

The person who writes a poem.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

What is a stanza in poetry?

Back

A group of lines in a poem.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

What is a rhyme?

Back

When two or more words have the same ending sound.

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CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What does it mean to personify something in poetry?

Back

To give human qualities to non-human things.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5