Intro to Poetry

Intro to Poetry

Mr. Reed

Multiple Choice

Read the poem and answer the questions that follow I cleaned my room and made such a racket My mother came in from outside and grounded me My room is clean, but no one will see it.

1. The word racket means -

• energetic

• calm

• noise

• silence

Multiple Choice

The following directions are found at the beginning of a cookbook:

1. Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour.

2. Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.

3. Make all measurements level by using edge of knife to lightly scrape off from top of cup or spoon until material is even with the edges.

4. Use same sized cups or spoons in measuring for the same recipe.5. Before starting to make recipe, read through carefully, then put on table all the materials and tools needed in making that particular recipe.

Based on the passage, the word LEVEL used in #3 most likely means

• to make sure all measurements are the same size.

• to get rid of any excess ingredients.

• to scrape spilled ingredients off the counter.

• to fill the measuring cups to the edge.

WHAT IS POETRY

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WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

Figurative language is language in which figures of speech (such as metaphors and metonyms) freely occur.

TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Poetry comes from the Greek word that means

• to write

• to create

• to display

• to enact

Multiple Choice

Based on the recognizable qualities of poetry, are songs poems?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Poems can be visual art.

• true

• false

Multiple Select

Recognizable qualities of poems include:

• emphasis of languages' musical qualities

• condensed language

• intense feelings

• personal opinions

Multiple Select

Which of the following metaphors have been used by poets to explain what a poem is?

• A firework

• An echo

• A dream

• A little machine

Multiple Choice

Who delivered what is considered the shortest poem ever?

• Micheal Jordan

• Mike Tyson

• Muhammad Ali

Multiple Choice

Poems have to be a certain length

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

"You, with your voice like nails." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

"Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."
Is an example of...

• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• imagery

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of this metaphor?
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."

• Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.
• Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.
• Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.
• After the game, a tornado hit.

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

Multiple Choice

"The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• personification
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile

Multiple Choice

A comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Multiple Choice

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm. 

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom

Multiple Choice

"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• alliteration
• simile
• personification
• idiom

Multiple Choice

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• simile and personification
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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