What Makes a Poem a Poem (TED Ed Video)
Quiz
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English
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10th - 12th Grade
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Hard
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Katherine Chicquette
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8 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these was NOT a metaphor included in the video & used by poets to describe poems?
a little machine
a tiny frog
a dream
a firework
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT listed as one of poetry's recognizable characteristics in the video?
features condensed language
emphasizes language's musical qualities
often features intense feelings
follows a pattern or set of rules
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The video claimed that THIS specific form is "inseparable" from "rhyme, rhythm, and imagery"
rap
art
prose
speech
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The video claims that _____________________ help us "navigate the rhythms of the poem" and therefore help us recognize it.
vivid images
line breaks
intense feelings
metaphors
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The metaphor used by the poem to emphasize the importance of "condensed language" in the video was
"like a tiny frog bursting from the pond"
"like a little machine"
"like literature with all the water wrung out of it"
"like Muhammad Ali's shortest known poem"
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The video claims that paragraphs CAN be poems because...
featuring vivid images and wordplay makes them poems (in prose form).
the ancient Greeks wrote them, as "poesis"
they explain what it is to be human creatively
all hymns, speeches, and social media posts are also poems
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The video claimed we can find poetic styles in all sorts of places that are not specifically poems alone. Of the list below, which is the only one the video did not suggest?
a speech
social media
a police report
a spiritual song/hymn
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Researchers at Dartmouth College tested whether robots (AI) could successfully mimic poets and make poems. When tested by a panel of judges, the robots' poems were identified_____________.
50% of the time
20% of the time
90% of the time
100% of the time
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.4
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
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