Poetry Quiz 3

Check off all the choices that are FORMS of poetry:

• Haiku

• Prinquain

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Free style

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

The rhyme scheme of a limerick is:

• AABBA

• AABBB

• AABBC

• AABAB

A sonnet has 14 lines

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Who is famous for writing sonnets?

• Robert Frost

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Robin Williams

• William Shakespeare

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

How many syllables are in the first and last lines of a haiku?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

What is alliteration?

• When the end words in two lines rhyme

• When words in a line have the same starting sound

• When words in a line have the same amount of syllables

• When an object takes on human characteristics

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is personification?

• When the end words in two lines rhyme

• When words in a line have the same starting sound

• When words in a line have the same amount of syllables

• When an object takes on human characteristics

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

The rhyme scheme for a sonnet is:

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Select the answer that is an example of personification:

• The gray cup sat on the edge of the table

• The cat kept from the tree and landed on its feet, as if it was too easy.

• The letter was feeling nervous-- it would be delivered in the mailbox today.

• The cheese smelled like moldy, rotten, onions.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How many lines does a limerick have?

• 2

• 5

• 8

• 9