Unit 2 Week 5 - Wonders - The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters

Front

What is a helicopter compared to in the poem 'The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters'?

Back

Bugs

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Front

What literary device is used in the line 'Needs an engine as light as a feather'?

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

What type of poem is 'Ornithopter'?

Back

Limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

What is the poet's point of view about the ornithopter?

Back

It is a silly and unusual invention.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

What literary device is used in the line 'Why not a vertical whirling winding bug'?

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

What is a simile?

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

What is a limerick?

Back

A humorous poem consisting of five lines with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is the main theme of 'The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters'?

Back

The creativity and imagination involved in invention.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Front

What does the word 'ornithopter' mean?

Back

A type of aircraft that flies by flapping its wings.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4