Reading Review 2

Reading Review 2

Poetry, Author's Craft, and Drawing Conclusions

Poetry

A type of text used to express feelings or emotions. It has elements such as rhyme, rhythm, lines, stanzas, and figurative language (similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia)

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What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs
• Sentences & stanzas
• Lines & paragraphs
• Lines & stanzas

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A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.

• line
• stanza
• rhythm
• anonymous

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A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space.

• metaphor
• simile
• line
• stanza

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The recurring use of a sound, word, phrase, or line.

• rhyme

• alliteration

• simile

• repetition

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Repetition is..

• Makes a comparison without using like or as
• Words created through the use of figurative language or vivid descriptions
• A repeating pattern of sounds or words 

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Ring! Ring! is an example of…

• rhyme

• personificaton

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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Which is an example of personification

• The street is like my heart

• It was so hot we fried

• My eggs stared back like sick eyes

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Birds bathe backward in the birdbath. This is an example of what element?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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In this line of the poem, "Far Away, buzzers buzz and school bells ring, what element are the words buzz and ring?

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• stanza

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Which is an example of rhyme?

• We love school. School is cool.
• My hat is red. My hat is blue.
• Singing loud as a siren.

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Complete the rhyme scheme

• A

  A

• A

  B

• B

  B

• B

  A

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Complete the rhyme scheme

• A

  B

• B

  A

• A

  A

• B

  B

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What is the rhyme scheme for this poem

• ABCD

• ABAB

• ABBA

• BABA

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that ________.

• uses the words “like” or “as” but doesn’t compare things

• compares things without using the words “like” or “as”

• gives a nonhuman thing human traits

• uses a word that sounds like what it means

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Both similes and metaphors ________.

• compare things

• use the words “like” and “as”

• are ways words can rhyme in a poem

• make a story less vivid

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My grandmother was as beautiful as a Texas sunrise. What type of figurative language is this?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence.

The hug was like a soft blanket, wrapping Simone in warmth.

• simile

• metaphor

• both a simile and a metaphor

• There is no figure of speech in that sentence.

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Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• Her eyes shone through the darkness.

• Her eyes looked like mine.

• Her eyes were two full moons.

• Her eyes were as bright as diamonds.

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Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The boy was upset at himself.

• The boy was a tornado of emotion.

• The boy said he’d die of shame.

• The boy did not like what he’d done.

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Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The thunder was loud.

• The thunder boomed and rumbled.

• The thunder growled, and the windows shook.

• The thunder growled like a group of grizzly bears.

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The third graders are as wild as a den of lions. What element is in this sentence?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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The sun is a yellow skittle shinning brightly in the sky.

What element of poetry does this sentence show?

• similie

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• rhyme

Drawing Conclusions or Inferring

Sometimes the author doesn't TELL us what they mean. Sometimes we have to draw conclusions to figure it out.

We can do this by going BACK to the text and finding EVIDENCE!

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An inference is...

• Text evidence + what you know

• Retelling a text

• Making a guess without evidence

• Information written directly into the text.

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Which sentence suggests that Joanna rode her bike to school?

• Joannaʼs hair was a little messy when she got to school.
• Joanna crossed three streets on her way to school.
• Joanna went four blocks on her way to school.
• Joanna had to put her helmet inside the classroom closet.

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Rachel was on her way to volunteer at the animal shelter.  She was very excited!  She really liked dogs.  Her brother was allergic to dogs, however, so she was rarely around them.  Rachel had a lot of fun playing with the puppies, but after her shift, itchy bumps appeared on her arms.
It is likely that:

• Mosquitoes bit Rachel
• Rachel is allergic to dogs, too
• Rachel fell in poison ivy
• Rachel was already sick

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The creature was enormous! The way it was gracefully gliding through the water was spectacular. Although it wasn't a mammal to fear, it wouldn't be a good idea to swim near it because of its size.
The animal is most likely:

• a shark
• a whale
• a starfish

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How might a character act if he felt sad?

• Put his head down and sigh
• Yell and jump up and down
• Smile and wave
• Laugh until his sides hurt

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"Ouch! I've got a splinter in my finger," cried Rosa. "I knew I shouldn't have climbed over the wooden fence." Rosa ran into the house to find her mother. She knew that it would be bad to leave the  splinter in her finger for a long time. 

• Rosa got a splinter in her toe.
• Rosa climbed over a fence.
• Rosa wanted her mother to take out the splinter.
• Rosa ran to find her father.

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The weather is getting cool. The leaves are changing colors. The birds are flying south. What time of year is it?

• spring

• summer

• autumn