The Art of Poetry

Which of the following poems uses rhyme to express the ideas found in it?

• Necessary gardens

• Eating alphabet soup

• Balloon

• Better fun

What is Elaine in the big word girl doing during the first part of the movie

• Reading a dictionary

• Enjoying the show

• Shaking in fear

• Writing poetry

How are the poets of balloon and the arrow and the song alike?

• They both noticed the beautiful sky and how looking at it improves their mood

• They both feel the need to get rid of things that are no longer important to them

• They both talk about letting something go but receiving something good as a result

• They both think that childhood is a better time of life then when one is fully grown

In the poem better fun the poet says that the water drenched them what does drenched mean?

• Scared

• Soaked

• Calm

• Warmed

How does the poet build the poem quiet water?

• He explains how a waterfall is formed over time

• He explains how the water is like other things in nature

• He talks about his own experiences on and off the water

• He talks about the water when it is both calm and moving

What is a stanza?

• Where each line of text ends

• A group of lines within a poem

• Words that imitate a sound

What is repetition?

• A group of lines within a poem

• Words that imitate a sound

• Lines or words that are repeated

Why might a poet use repetition in their poem?

• To make the poem sound better

• To stress the importance of certain words

• To create a pattern

The snow is a white blanket

is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

What does the simile her tears flowed like a river down her cheeks mean?

• She is upset

• She is crying a lot

• She is in a river