Poetry Practice

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• Her eyes shine like the morning sun
• His dog eats a boat load of food
• The walls stretch to the ceiling 
• Our classroom is a zoo

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The cat sat quietly by the door.
• Crash! The dishes slammed against the counter 
• The bee bumbled and buzzed by.
• The wind screamed and howled in the night.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A fourteen line lyric poem that has a rhyme scheme according to its type.

• Epic

• Narrative Poem

• Sonnet

• Limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

A common theme in Shakespeare's sonnets could be ___________ 

• Love is an open door. 
• Love
• Death 
• Shakespeare hates love.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

The rhyme scheme in this stanza is __________________ 
"My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts be dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. 

• AABB
• ABABA
• ABAB
• ABBA 

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Definition of acrostic poem:

• First, last, and other letters in a line spell out a word

• Only last letters spell out a particular word or phrase

• All letters spell out a particular word or phrase

• None of the answers

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Definition for Free Verse poem:

• Poem that doesn’t include a story

• Poem that tells a story

• Poem that is free from rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Definition of ballad:

• Poem about trust, without emotion

• Poem about hatred with emotion, often not sung

• Poem about love, with emotion, often sung

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Definition for Haiku:

• Poem that is free from certain verses and no rhyming

• Poem that has 3-5-3 structure

• Poem that has 5-7-5 structure

• Poem that tells a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Descriptions that appeal to the five senses and create vivid word pictures

• alliteration

• interpretation

• denotation

• imagery