Rhyme Scheme

What is the rhyme scheme for the poem “Dreams”?

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

• AABB
• ABAB
• ABCB

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the rhyme scheme for these lines from “If”?
If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
 If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;

• AABB
• ABAB
• ABCB
• ABBA

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following lines from “Dreams” contains an example of alliteration?

• "Hold fast to dreams”
• “For if dreams die”
• For when dreams go”
  
• “Life is a barren field”

Which of the following lines from contains onomatopoeia?

• He ran to the kitchen
  
• She slept through dinner
  
• Her heels clacked on the floor
• He dropped the napkin
  

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

The lines of “Dreams” are short,  have alliteration and the poem uses a specific rhyming pattern. What effect does this have on the poem?

• The poem reads quickly, which helps show  how easy it is to hold onto your dreams if you really try.
  
• The poems reads quickly, which helps  show how easily dreams can get away from you if you don’t hold onto them
• The poem reads slowly, which shows how life drags by without dreams.
  
• The poem reads slowly, which shows how life without dreams is not worthwhile.
  

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.L.7.5D

Poetry that expresses the feelings of the speaker about a topic.

• narrative poetry

• lyric poetry

• free verse poetry

14-line poem, with three quatrains and a couplet, written in iambic pentameter

• epic

• ballad

• Shakespearean sonnet

• ode

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• abba cddc effe gg

• abab cdcd efef gg

• aa bb cc dd ee ff gg

• aabb ccdd eeff gg

An ode is...

• ... a poem of celebration.

• ... a poem that tells a story.

• ... a humorous short poem.

• ... a poem of mourning.

An elegy is typically written in what tone?

• happy

• mournful

• secretive

• romantic