Concrete Mixers

What type of poetic device is this, "Monster moving"?

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the poem doing?

• Contrasting concrete mixers and elephants

• Asking what concrete mixers and elephants are

• Comparing concrete mixers and elephants

• Stating that elephants and concrete mixers are the same

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does ponderous mean?

• Very heavy

• Very big

• Very small

• Very light

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When did Patricia Hubble start writing?

• When she was 23

• When she was 36

• When she was 10

• When she was 18

How was the poem structured?

• The poem is arranged into two stanzas . Ending words of lines throughout never rhyme.

• The poem is arranged into 4 stanzas and all the ending words rhyme.

• The poem only has 1 stanza and all words rhyme.

• The poem only has 5 stanzas and every other line rhymes.

What are mahouts?

• Mahouts- An elephant driver or keeper

• Mahouts- Concrete mixer truck drivers

• Mahouts- Woolly Mammoth fur trader

• Mahouts- Elephant Men

What is the poem considered to be?

• A Haiku

• An Acoustic

• A Free verse

• A Narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What are the drivers doing like elephants?

• Driving like elephants slowly walk

• Washing their trucks like elephants spray themselves with their trunks.

• Drinking water like elephants drink from a lake/pond

• Sleeping like elephants

What do concrete mixers do like elephants.

• Eat grass, drinks water, and sleeps.

• Has long trunks, has big tusks, and has big ears

• Move fast, they're quiet, and they both spray water.

• Move slow, are loud, and both spray

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Direct spray to bulging sides. What poetic device is this?

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• imagery