Unit 1 Poetry Terms and Practice

Multiple Choice

A collection of words written to inspire ideas, imagination, or emotion in the reader.

• poet

• poem

• theme

• mood

Words to Know

• Tone: the attitude of the poet

• Mood: the feeling you have as a reader

• Theme: Important message the author wants to share

  • Always expressed as a statement

  • Never one word only

• Topic: the subject of the writing

  • What the poem is about

  • can be expressed using one word

Words to Know

• Line: these are like sentences in a poem

• Stanza: these are like paragraphs in a poem

• Rhyme: the repetition of the same sound at the end of a line

• Graphical Elements: Text elements that create meaning and/or change how a poem looks on the page

  • Lines

  • Stanzas

  • Punctuation

  • Blank space

Multiple Select

 

What punctuation do you notice in the FIRST STANZA of this poem? Check all that apply

• Question Marks

• Parentheses

• Colons

• Dash

Multiple Choice

Commas....

• Signal a quick pause

• Signal a long pause

• Tells the reader to stop

Multiple Choice

True or False?

Every line of a poem starts with a capital letter

• True

• False

Lyric Poetry

Poems that express personal thoughts and feelings of a speaker.

Multiple Choice

A _____ poem conveys an exact mood or feeling to the reader.

• free verse

• rhyme

• haiku

• lyric

Multiple Choice

A Lyric poem expresses strong _________.

• memories

• feelings

• stories

• opinions

Multiple Choice

An example of a Lyric poem is a .....

• sonnet

• tall tale

• ballad

• myth

Repetition

In a poem, repetition is when sounds or words are repeated.

Multiple Choice

When a word or phrase is used more than once for emphasis

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Rhyme Scheme

• Topic

Multiple Choice

What structure is poetry written in?

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

Lines

Lines in poetry are the groups of words in each row of a poem.

Stanzas

In a poem, a stanza is a group of lines.

Multiple Choice

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

• metaphor
• simile
• line
• stanza

Multiple Choice

How many lines does this stanza have?

• five

• seven

• ten

• six

Rhymes

In a poem, rhyming is when end words have the same or similar sounds.

Multiple Choice

Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ENDs of words

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

All poems contain rhyme

• True

• False

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

There was a little guinea pig,
Who being little, was not big;
He always walked upon his feet,
And never fasted when he eat.

• Poem
• Prose

Multiple Choice

Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.

• Sound

• Sight

• Taste

• Touch

Multiple Choice

The main subject of the poem

• Theme

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Topic

Multiple Choice

"Acceptance" is an example of a...

• Topic

• Theme

Multiple Choice

"Friendship" is an example of a...

• Topic

• Theme

Multiple Choice

A theme is a life lesson.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Theme is _________.

• The plot of the story

• Your Schema

• The setting

• The lesson in the story

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of the poem?

• What goes around comes around

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

• Practice makes perfect

Multiple Select

A theme

• Tells you about human life.

• Comments on how the world works .

• Is only specific to one person.

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of this poem?

• You don't have to be exactly the same to love your friends

• Love everyone

• You have to like everything your friends do

Multiple Choice

Which tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"

• Annoying
• Excited
• Calm
• Scary

Multiple Choice

Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go;

• Poem
• Prose

Multiple Choice

the repetition of similar sounds, usually a the end of a line of poetry is called

• alliteration

• rhythm

• rhyme

Multiple Choice

What does analyzing word choice in a poem help us understand?

• A. The poet's favorite movie

• D. The poet's favorite book

• B. The literal meaning of the words

• C. The overall theme and tone of the poem

Multiple Choice

Read the following poem.

"Underface"

Underneath my outside face

There’s a face that none can see.

A little less smiley,

A little less sure,

But a whole lot more like me.

Which of the following best describes the theme of the poem?

• People often hide how they truly feel.

• When people hide who they are, it makes them sad.

• It’s important to accept people for who they are.

• Wearing a mask can give a person strength.

Multiple Choice

A theme is a universal statement.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What should we look for to identify the theme of a poem?

• A. Recurring ideas, emotions, or lessons throughout the poem

• B. The poet's favorite restaurant

• C. The literal meaning of the words

• D. The poet's favorite color

Multiple Choice

A theme mentions specific details from the text.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower; 
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay. 
What is the central theme of this poem?

• Nature and man must get along
• Wonderful and beautiful things only last a short while
• Sunsets and sunrises are beautiful
• Nature and beauty are permanent.

Multiple Choice

Read the poem below:

Windy Nights

Rumbling in the chimneys,

Rattling at the doors,

Round the roofs and round the roads

The rude wind roars;

Raging through the darkness,

Raving through the trees,

Racing off again across

The great grey seas.

Which of the following best expresses that author's message?

• The wind is a powerful force of nature that cannot be controlled.

• People never know what to expect from the wind

• People should harness the power of the wind more effectively .

• Strong weather can make a dark night seem even darker.

Multiple Choice

Read the poem below:

Fog

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over the harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

Which two topics are addressed in the poem?

• nature and animals

• nature and change

• society and animals

• society and change

Multiple Choice

A theme should be a statement, not just one word. 

• TRUE
• FALSE

Poll

Review: How are you feeling about poetry after today's activity?

• Much Better

• A little better

• A little confused

• Very Confused