Poetry Elements & Authors Purpose

1. What feeling does the poet create for readers in “Skateboard”?

• A feeling of boredom

• A feeling of excitement and the thrill of speed.

• A feeling of wanting to eat cheesecake.

• A feeling of happiness.

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2. Why do you think the poet chose to string together a series of phrases in “Skateboard,” instead of breaking the poem into separate sentences?

• The structure is like the poem's theme of non-stop movement.

• The structure is happy.

• The structure is boring.

• The structure makes me want to eat cheesecake.

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3. What is the author’s purpose for writing this poem?

• To entertain the reader about a happy poem.

• To entertain.

• To entertain readers to convey the excitement and power by expressing oneself by writing poetry.

• To persuade the reader to eat cheesecake.

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4. How do you know the author’s purpose for writing this poem is not to persuade?

• Because its not about cheesecake.

• The author is not trying to get the reader to think or act in a certain way.

• The author is not trying to persuade the reader.

• The author is not trying to get you to eat cheesecake.

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5. Which lines rhyme in the first stanza on page 146 and the first stanza on page 147? Select two.

• Hesitate and plate.

• Feet and Rhyme

• Beat and Delete

• Rhyme and time.

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6. . What do you notice about the rhyme pattern in the second poem "Going Bananas"?

• ABCB - DEFE

• ABBE ABB

• ABBA

• EFEFE-CHEESE-CAKE

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7.Read the poem that Ryan wrote, "Rhythm. What do you notice about the rhyme pattern poem?

• ABABA- Beat, delete, rhyme, time, feet.

• AABBA - Beat, delete, rhyme, time, feet.

• CHEESE-CAKE

• ABCA

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8. How is the rhythm similar in both poems?

• Both poems have beats.

• Both poems have rhyme.

• Both poems have a regular rhythm, or follow a set pattern of beats.

• Both poems make you want cheesecake.

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An author’s purpose is the reason the author chose to write a particular text. If the author’s

• True

• False

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10.When lines in a poem rhyme, they end in the same or similar sounds.

• True

• False

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