Poetry and Grammar

Poetry and S-V Review

LIMERICKS

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a Limerick?

• To show Irish heritage

• To teach the listener a lesson

• To create an image that the reader can visualize

• To tell a silly story

Multiple Choice

What is the proper rhyme scheme for a Limerick?

• ABABA

• AABBA

• ABBAA

• AABBC

Multiple Choice

Pretend each number represents the syllables in each of the corresponding lines of a Limerick.

Which option would NOT be considered a proper Limerick?

• 7-8-5-6-8

• 8-9-5-6-9

• 10-9-5-5-7

• 9-9-7-4-8

Multiple Choice

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS LIMERICK?

There once was a girl in a castle

Who looked just as fresh as a flower

Her hair was like silk

Her skin smooth as milk

But her breath made the strongest knight cower.

• Has the wrong number of syllables

• Doesn't follow the rhyme scheme

• It doesn't tell a story

• It's fine the way it is

Open Ended

FINISH THE LIMERICK:

There once was a disease in the land

Shared through breath and also by hand

We had to wear masks

Change our daily tasks

________________________________________

Free Verse Poetry

Multiple Choice

What is necessary in a Free Verse poem?

• A set number of syllables

• A story

• Imagery

• At least 5 lines

Multiple Choice

"Eating can not be a band-aid for all of your problems..."

What is this an example of?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Muhammed Ali: "I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!"

What is this an example of?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

A library should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"The flowers begged me to water them as they lay there brown and withered."

What is this an example of?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"I'm so sad that I'm drowning in tears."

What is this an example of?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

The Beatles: "Whisper words of wisdom, let it be."

What is this an example of?

• Assonance

• Internal Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Consonance

Multiple Choice

The Beatles: "...there is still a LIGHT that SHINES on me."

• Assonance

• Internal Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Consonance

Multiple Choice

"Tiffany's offensive remarks disturbed Jeffrey."

• Assonance

• Internal Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Consonance

S-V Agreement

Multiple Choice

1. The complaints throughout the classroom is/are becoming extremely disruptive.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

2. Everyone on the basketball team need/needs to make sacrifices in order for us to win.

• need

• needs

Multiple Choice

3. We need to remember that there is/are struggles in everyone’s lives.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

4. Every worksheet, notebook, and pen was/were left scattered throughout the classroom.

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

5. Two cups of rice is/are usually enough to feed a family of three.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

6. The swim team, together with the cross country and soccer teams, compete/competes at the highest level in Bangkok.

• compete

• competes

Multiple Choice

7. Either the pigs in the barn or the horse in the field was/were making a lot of noise last night.

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

8. All of my friends from high school still live/lives in the same town.

• live

• lives

DIAGRAMMING

Multiple Select

When do we use a subject compliment?

• When there is more than one subject

• When there is more than one verb

• After a linking verb

• When the subject has had a bad day and needs to be cheered up.

Multiple Select

What part of speech can a subject compliment be? (Check all that apply)

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Multiple Select

What can adverbs describe? (Check all that apply)

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

Multiple Select

In the following sentence, what is the word "bitter"?

"The landlady's tea became extremely bitter."

• Noun

• Subject

• Adjective

• Subject compliment

Fill in the Blank

There are _______ adjectives in the following sentence.

"The wealthy rat and his doctor fought 300 wild geese at the park."

Multiple Choice

Which sentence works with the following diagram?

• My last job was unbearable.

• Mufasa became my best friend.

• That song sounds strangely familiar.

• Little Timmy kicked the cat.

Open Ended

Write a sentence that fits the following diagram.