Check for Understanding

What is a poet?

• the author of a poem

• lines of a poem that go together

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

What is a stanza?

• lines of a poem that go together

• a noun that names a particular person, place or thing, and uses a capital letter

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

What does rhyme mean?

• having the same ending sound

• a pattern of the beats, like music

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is rhythm?

• to use words to tell about something

• a pattern of the beats, like music

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

All are found in poetry except...

• rhyme scheme
• rhythm
• stanza
• paragraphs

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs
• Sentences & stanzas
• Lines & paragraphs
• Lines & stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is writing or speech that is  not meant to be taken literally?

• Hyperbole 
• Figurative Language 
• Sensory Language 
• Metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Select the correct definition for simile.

• Describing two unlike things, saying one thing in another

• Comparing and contrasting two things

• Describing two unlike things, using like or as

• Telling which of two things is your favorite

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Descriptive or figurative language in writing where the author uses words that appeal to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• rhyme
• poem
• simile
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3