Poetry

Poetry

Poetry Appreciation and Understanding.

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Poll

How do you feel about poetry?

• Only for girls

• does not make sense

• uses weird langauge

• I cannot write poetry

• I am a poetry Lover

Multiple Choice

What is true about poetry?

• Poetry is always written in strict form.

• Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.

• Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.

• Poets never read their poems aloud.

Multiple Select

In a poem, the persona is?

• anyone mention in the poem.

• the subject matter

• always the speaker.

Multiple Choice

In poetry, the speaker and persona are the same.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Who is a "poet"?

• Someone who reads a poem.

• Someone who likes poetry.

• Someone who writes poetry.

• Someone who studies famous poets.

Multiple Choice

a two-line poem with both lines rhyming

• bi-poem

• couplet

• narrative

• ballac

Multiple Choice

A group of lines in poetry is called

• a stanza

• rhyme scheme

• rhyming

• verses

Multiple Choice

What is rhythm?

• to use words to tell about something

• a pattern of the beats, like music

Multiple Choice

Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas and is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency.

• Theme

• Irony

• Repeition

• Rhyme Scheme

Multiple Choice

All poems must rhyme:

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme?

• A B A B C D A D
• No rhyme scheme
• A A B B C C
•  LMNOP

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme of the first four lines of this poem?

• A B C D

• AA BB

• A B C A

• A B A B

Multiple Choice

What device is used here:

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Simile

Multiple Choice

Ring! Ring! is an example of...

• rhyme
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification

Multiple Choice

"Quit biting that tarp!" I told the spitting cat.

• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• refrain

Multiple Choice

I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.

• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• What did you do this time?!

Multiple Choice

Why might alliteration be used?

• it sounds fun
• it makes the content memorable
• it plays to the brain's natural pattern-seeking strengths
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What is consonance?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words
• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

Multiple Choice

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words
• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

Multiple Choice

Snow is falling. Let's go play. Roads are icy. No school today!

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Snow is falling. Let's go play. Roads are icy. No school today!

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Poetry that does not rhyme 

• ballad
• free verse
• enjambment
• verse

Multiple Choice

Lyric Form

• entertains the reader

• expresses factual evidence

• expresses poet's feelings

• provides information based on facts

Multiple Choice

This form speaks directly to an idea, person, or thing

• Epic

• Ballad

• Elegy

• Ode

Multiple Choice

Type of poems that deals with ideas and emotions

• Narrative Poem
• Lyrical Poem
• Limerick
• Haiku

Multiple Choice

A poem that tells a story is referred to as a

• Narrative Poem

• Lyrical Poem

• Limerick

• Haiku

Multiple Choice

A poem that tells a story is referred to as a

• Narrative Poem

• Lyrical Poem

• Limerick

• Haiku

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of imagery? 

• Imagery is the author’s use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine what is being described.
  
• An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
•  A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
• Exaggeration

Multiple Choice

What is the best primary objective of the writer in using different types of imagery?

• Encourage the reader to keep on reading

• Encourage the reader to start writing

• Help the reader experience the emotional connection with the poem.

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

She was fragrant like a morning when papayas are in bloom.The type of imagery used in the sentence is _________________.

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• tactile imagery

Multiple Choice

This imagery addresses our sense of smell.The author describes the object using the sense of smell.

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• auditory imagery,

• visual image

Multiple Choice

It is the imagery use to address our sense of vision. In that way, the reader can visualize what is happening in the story in her or his own mind.

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• auditory imagery

Multiple Choice

Imagery in poetry appeal into the following senses.

• Sight

• Hearing

• Touch

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

How does imagery help us understand the poetry?

• It doesn't

• By expressing how the author is feeling

• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel through words

• By telling the mood

Multiple Choice

How does imagery help us understand the poetry?

• It doesn't

• By expressing how the author is feeling

• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel through words

• By telling the mood

Poll

How was this poetry lesson?

• Educational and Fun

• Difficult

• interesting

• not sure

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