Poetry Quiz- Wednesday

What is the 1st thing you do when reading a poem?

• Look at the answers

• Make an inference on the title and illustrations

• Read the poem

• Determine who is telling the story

True or false? It is impossible to determine the feelings or thoughts of the speaker after reading a poem.

• False

• True

What are the best strategies do you use when reading poems?

• Preview the title, lines, paragraphs. Then look at the occasion. Find the narrator or characters emotions. Recognize the theme. Determine the speaker.

• Preview the title, lines, stanzas and text features. Identify the narrator or characters emotions. Recognize the theme. Determine the speaker.

• Preview the title, lines, stanzas. Then look at the occasion. Find the narrator or characters emotions. Recognize the theme. Determine the speaker.

Whose voice could be speaking in a poem?

• what?

• The author

• The narrator or the character

• Dr. Jackson

After you have previewed the title and author, what are your next 2 steps ?

• read the poem and determine who is speaking ( narrator or character )

• read the poem and answer the questions

• Number the lines and stanzas so you can support your answers with evidence from the text

• read the poem and find the theme

If you see a double space in a poem you can infer that it is a

• metaphor

• simile

• line

• stanza

What is a repetition?

• word that sound the same

• words that begin with the same sound

• words or phrases that are repeated

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The poet organizes the paragraph using descriptive lines in

Stanza 21 to help the reader understand ______

Stanza 21: The candy melted in her mouth and swirls of bittersweet chocolate and slightly sweet but salty caramel blended together on her tongue.

• how the candy felt

• how the candy tasted

• how the candy looked

The purpose of poetry is to

• Inform
• Entertain
• Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following is an alliteration?

• Tony ran like a cheetah.

• I like apples, oranges and bananas.

• "Bang," the race started!

• She sells seashells by the beach.