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HMH Poetry Elements

HMH Poetry Elements

Assessment

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English

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Joseph Anderson

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29 Slides • 27 Questions

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Why do you fear,

my lovely dear-

the storm is not near


Do the lines contain internal rhymes or end rhymes?

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internal rhymes

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end rhymes

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Multiple Choice

True or False: Rhyming words sound the same AND look the same at the end.

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True, they look AND sound the same.

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False, they look the same, but they sound different.

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False, they sound the same, but they can look different.

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Multiple Select

Which rhyming pair exhibits double rhyme? Click all that apply.

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Slipping

Tripping

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Phone

Bone

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Lumpy

Grumpy

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Mournfully

Scornfully

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Multiple Select

Which rhyming pair exhibits Triple rhyme? Click all that apply.

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Slipping

Tripping

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Phone

Bone

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Lumpy

Grumpy

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Mournfully

Scornfully

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Multiple Select

Which rhyming pair exhibits Single rhyme? Click all that apply.

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Slipping

Tripping

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Phone

Bone

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Lumpy

Grumpy

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Mournfully

Scornfully

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Multiple Select

Which type of rhyme is being shown below? Click all that apply.

I went from zero, to my own hero.

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Single Rhyme

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Double Rhyme

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Triple Rhyme

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Internal Rhyme

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End Rhyme

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Multiple Select

Which type of rhyme is being shown below? Click all that apply.

You hear my voice, you hear that sound

Like thunder gonna to shake the ground.

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Single Rhyme

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Double Rhyme

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Triple Rhyme

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Internal Rhyme

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End Rhyme

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Multiple Choice

"I will not eat them with a mouse
I will not eat the in a house
I will not eat them here or there
I will not eat them anywhere"
(Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham)
The ending of these lines show ____
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simile

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hyperbole

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rhyme scheme

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personification

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Multiple Choice

Read the following poem. 
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
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ABCB

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ABAB

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ABBA

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Multiple Choice

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Complete the rhyme scheme

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A

B

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B

A

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A

A

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B

B

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Multiple Choice

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Complete the rhyme scheme

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A

A

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A

B

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B

B

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B

A

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Multiple Choice

I know I'm going somewhere,

and I can hardly wait,

Somewhere's not the sort of place

where someone should be late


What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?

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a, b, c, b

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a, a, b, b,

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a, b, a, b

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a, b, c, d

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Multiple Choice

What is a limerick?
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14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas

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Seventeen syllables in 3 lines

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Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape

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A funny poem that is 5 lines long

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Multiple Choice

Two line stanza that rhymes.
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Rhyme Scheme
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Couplet
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Onomatopoeia
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Assonance 

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What is the "tone" of a story?
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The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

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The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject

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The time and place of the story

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The summary of events in the story

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Multiple Choice

What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).
 
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pleased

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angry

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happy

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suspicious

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Multiple Choice

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What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
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Bitter

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Respectful

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Objective

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Humorous

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Multiple Choice

_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.
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mood

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tone

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Multiple Choice

The words that determine the tone in this passage are...


"although I had tried hard and had followed the steps of the scientific method, my experiment didn't work. I dragged myself into class and slouched in my seat, not raising my hand

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experiment, science

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method, class

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dragged, slouched

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raising hand

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Multiple Choice

Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.
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pictures

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height

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words

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funny faces

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Multiple Choice

What kind of poem is exhibited below?

Rain on the window

Puddles scattered all around

Drip, drop from the sky.

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Limerick

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Haiku

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Couplet

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Free Verse

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Multiple Choice

In what country did haiku originate?

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USA

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China

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Japan

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India

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Multiple Choice

What is a common theme in haiku? Click all that apply.

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Nature

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War

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Heartbreak

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Friendship

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Multiple Choice

1.“There was an old man from Peru
2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
3.He awoke in a fright
4.In the middle of the night
5.And found it was perfectly true.”
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couplet

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haiku

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limerick

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cinquain

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Multiple Choice

The writer of a poem is called...Click all that apply.

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poet

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illustrator

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author

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smart person

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Multiple Choice

What is the structure of syllables in the lines of a haiku?
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3 - 5 - 3

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5 - 7 - 5

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9 - 7 - 9

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1 - 3 - 1

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Multiple Choice

1.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
2.Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
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haiku

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couplet

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limerick

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free verse

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