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"Introduction to Poetry"

English

7th - 8th Grade

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"Introduction to Poetry"
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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How many stanzas are in the poem?

6 stanzas
7 stanzas
16 stanzas
1 stanza

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

aabb
abcd
abab
aaaa

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A poem that has no rhyming is called

free verse
alliteration
assonance
rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which paraphrase is the closest to lines 5 & 6?  
"I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,"

a mouse goes through a maze 
a poem is like a maze 
put a mouse into a poem and try to watch him figure his way out 
a mouse goes into a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the first stanza the narrator is comparing the poem to a color slide.  This is an example of which poetic device?

hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When the author says, "all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it," he is using 

personification
hyperbole
alliteration
paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Annotating means

paraphrasing, marking the text, circling words, underlining things that seem important
Writing a gist statement, asking questions
 none of these
all of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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