Which is an example of a Simile?

Coats hold winter hats like bare branches hold nests.

Makes a comparison without using like or as

Two or more words which match in the same last sound

A repeating pattern of sounds or words

Which is an example of rhyme?

We love school. School is cool.

Which is an example of imagery?

I feel hot, I hear the waves, my toes touch the sand.

I love the stars like a woman loves her child

A repeating pattern of sounds or words

Makes a comparison without using like or as

Words created through the use of figurative language or vivid descriptions

Which is an example of personification

My eggs stared back like sick eyes

Words that bring out the five senses

Words that mean the opposite of what's written

Ideas that can only be expressed in poetry

Sick By Shel Silverstein 25 My elbow is bent, my spine isn’t straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, and my heart is – what? 30 What’s that? What’s that you say? You say today is…Saturday? G’bye, I’m going out to play!” After reading this last stanza, the reader can conclude

The speaker was pretending to be sick in order to miss a day of school.

The speaker does not feel well and needs medicine.

The speaker is happy to miss a day of school.

The speaker is starting to feel sick and has to miss school.

Sick By Shel Silverstein 25 My elbow is bent, my spine isn’t straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, and my heart is – what? 30 What’s that? What’s that you say? You say today is…Saturday? G’bye, I’m going out to play!” What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem?

The speaker realized that there was no school that day.

The speaker realized that his back and feel were hurting.

The speaker was pretending to be sick when he actually was really sick.

The speaker will get into a lot of trouble for lying.

Sick By Shel Silverstein 1 “I cannot go to school today,” Said little Peggy Ann McKay. The reader can conclude that the main character

Does not enjoy going to school and wants to stay home

Dislikes getting sick and staying in bed all day

Enjoys going to school and learning

Sick By Shel Silverstein 25 My elbow is bent, my spine isn’t straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, and my heart is – what? 30 What’s that? What’s that you say? You say today is…Saturday? G’bye, I’m going out to play!” Which of the following is true about the poem?

The poem has 4 stanzas and 32 lines.

The poem has repetition and rhyme.

The poem has 32 stanzas and 4 lines.

After reading the last stanza , the reader can conclude _____.

the speaker was pretending to be sick in order to miss a day of school

the speaker does not feel well and needs medicine

the speaker is happy to miss a day of school

the speaker is starting to feel sick and has to miss school

What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem ?

The speaker realized that there was no school that day.

The speaker realized that her back and feet were hurting.

The speaker was pretending to be sick when she actually was really sick.

The speaker will get into a lot of trouble for lying.

The poet wrote this poem _____.

to entertain the reader with a humorous poem

to entertain the reader with a nonfiction poem

to educate the reader with a poem about missing school

to educate the reader with a poem about illnesses

Poetry Practice

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English

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3rd - 5th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.5.5, RL.3.4, RL.5.4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Poetry is usually arranged in ________________.

lines

Sentences

Paragraphs

stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A group of lines is called a _______________________.

lines

paragraphs

sentences

Stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Poems may have a regular _________________, which is the repetition of similar sounds

Meter

Rhyme

Alliteration

Graphic Elements

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A _ ___ is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

Graphic Elements

Rhyme Scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

Meter

Rhythm

Graphic Elements

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, gives a line of poetry a predictable ___________________, or pattern of beats.

Graphic Elements

Rhyme

Rhythm

meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_ _, such as line length, spacing, and the use of capital and lowercase letters, affect the look of the poem on the page as well as its rhythm and meter.

Rhythm

Meter

Graphic Elements

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

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Poetry Practice

50 questions

Poetry is usually arranged in ________________.

A group of lines is called a _______________________.

Poems may have a regular _________________, which is the repetition of similar sounds

A _ ___ is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, gives a line of poetry a predictable ___________________, or pattern of beats.

_ _, such as line length, spacing, and the use of capital and lowercase letters, affect the look of the poem on the page as well as its rhythm and meter.

Poets may use sounds devices to make a poem more vivid or to create a tone or mood. _________________ is the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables.

Repeating consonant sounds at the end of non-rhyming words or syllables- such as brick and clock- is called ___________________

repeating vowel sounds is called ________________

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Poems may have a regular _________________, which is the repetition of similar sounds

A _____________ _______________ is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, gives a line of poetry a predictable ___________________, or pattern of beats.

_____________ _____________, such as line length, spacing, and the use of capital and lowercase letters, affect the look of the poem on the page as well as its rhythm and meter.

Poets may use sounds devices to make a poem more vivid or to create a tone or mood. _________________ is the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables.

Repeating consonant sounds at the end of non-rhyming words or syllables- such as brick and clock- is called ___________________

repeating vowel sounds is called ________________

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A _ ___ is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

_ _, such as line length, spacing, and the use of capital and lowercase letters, affect the look of the poem on the page as well as its rhythm and meter.