Edmentum Grade 6 English Understanding Poetry

The ____________ of a poem refers to an idea, message, or meaning it delivers

• theme

• rhythm

• meter

• stanza

____________ appeals to a poets senses.

• Rhythym

• Imagery

• Assonance

• Meter

Poets use meter, rhyme schemes, and a variety of devices to introduce____________.

• alliteration

• imagery

• meter

• sound

_____________ are objects or words in a poem that have meaning beyond their literal, or dictionary, meaning.

• Sounds

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbols

• Rhyme schemes

Universal symbols represent general ideas that people from many cultures can understand.

• Rhythmic

• Conventional

• Universal

• Thematic

What does the "s" in S.I.F.T elements stand for?

• Symbols

• Stanza

• Sound

• Sestet

What does the "F" in S.I.F.T elements stand for?

• Flow

• Foot

• Finality

• Figurative Language

True or false? A poem should be read more than once to understand its meaning.

• True

• False