The Art of Poetry

Front

Which of the following poems uses rhyme to express the ideas found in it? Necessary gardens, Eating alphabet soup, Balloon, Better fun

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Eating alphabet soup

Front

What is Elaine in the big word girl doing during the first part of the movie?

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Reading a dictionary

Front

How are the poets of balloon and the arrow and the song alike?

Back

They both talk about letting something go but receiving something good as a result.

Front

In the poem better fun the poet says that the water drenched them what does drenched mean?

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Soaked

Front

How does the poet build the poem quiet water?

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He talks about the water when it is both calm and moving.

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

A group of lines within a poem

Front

What is repetition?

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Lines or words that are repeated

Front

Why might a poet use repetition in their poem?

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To stress the importance of certain words.

Front

The snow is a white blanket is an example of what type of figurative language?

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Metaphor

Front

What does the simile her tears flowed like a river down her cheeks mean?

Back

She is crying a lot