What is Poetry (Flocabulary)

What is true about poetry?

• Poetry is always written in strict form.

• Poets choose words for their meaning AND sound

• Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.

• Poets never read their poems out loud.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following is NOT a type of poem?

• a haiku

• a sonnet

• a limerick

• a news article

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

True or False:

Poems must follow grammatical rules.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Alliteration, rhyme, and onomatopoeia are all examples of

• prose.

• sound devices.

• image devices.

• meters.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following does NOT use figurative language?

• "The fog comes on little cat feet."

• "Fog appeared in the harbor and city."

• "The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."

• "Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Rhyming is when some words

• sound alike

• sound exactly the same

• are spelled the same way

• have the same definition

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CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt?

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

• ABBA

• ABAB

• AAAB

• AABA

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The river swallowed the town whole.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A