Poetry Vocabulary

The sun is shining bright

This is a lovely sight.

You are like a day of May

And I as worthless as hay.

This is an example of ___________________.

• rhyme

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

The people along the sand

All turn and look one way.

They turn their back on the land.

They look at the sea all day.

The rhyme scheme of the poem is ________________.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCD

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Everyone, young or old,

Needs someone to listen

As their stories are told.

The difference is yours to make.

A minute from your busy day

Is all it would take.

Take a minute and lend an ear.

Listen intently

To what you hear.

• This poem has 1 stanza.

• This poem has 2 stanzas.

• This poem has 3 stanzas.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

I am who I am.

I do not care.

You are who you are.

Let them all stare.

• This poem has 1 line.

• This poem has 2 lines.

• This poem has 3 lines.

• This poem has 4 lines.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

It's been a roller-coaster.

All my twenty-seven years.

Sometimes it's wonderful.

Sometimes I'm in tears.

What does the roller-coaster symbolize?

• the narrator's life

• a ride in an amusement park

• a dream

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

I don't think you will

Ever fully understand

How you've touched my life

And made me who I am.

I don't think you could ever know

Just how truly special you are,

That even on the darkest nights

You are my brightest star.

What is the theme of the poem?

• appreciating someone

• disliking someone mean

• losing a relative

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Our street was once a peaceful place

Kids played and you could jog

But our tranquil life was shattered

When the neighbour got a dog.

The thing would howl all through the day

And even after dark

And just as you tried to go to sleep...

The mongrel thing would bark.

What is the tone of the poem?

• satisfied

• annoyed

• frightened

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

This is an example of _________________.

• rhyme

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

The paintbrush was a magic wand in his hand.

• This is a metaphor.

• This is a simile.

• This is a hyperbole.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

On her first day of school, Leanne was as cool as a cucumber.

• This is a metaphor.

• This is a simile.

• This is a hyperbole.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3