Haiku Quiz

In what country did haiku originate?

• USA
• China
• Japan
• India

How many lines does a haiku have?

• 5
• 3
• 2
• 1

What is a haiku?

• a song

• a poem

• a rap

• none of the above

What is a syllable?

• What a teacher gives at the beginning of a school year to tell you what the class is like

• The word at the end of a line in a poem that rhymes with the previous line

• A form of Japanese poetry

• Part of a word (or a whole word) that is made up of a vowel and it's surrounding consonants

• A unit used to split up a word into smaller parts to make reading or saying it easier

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the structure of syllables in the lines of a haiku?

• 3 - 5 - 3
• 5 - 7 - 5
• 9 - 7 - 9
• 1 - 3 - 1

Which could be the second line of a haiku?

• Warm sun shining down
• White sandy beaches
• Fish going for a swim
• Waves crash on the sandy shore

Sitting on my porch,
I contemplate the full moon,
In my wisdom quest.

• Haiku
• Not a haiku

Which could be the first line of a haiku? 

• Pretty blossoms
• Blossoms blowing in the air
• Beautiful blossoms
• Pretty blossoms dancing

A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.

• poem
• stanza
• line
• personification