Poetry

Pop-Corn

Pop! Pop! Poppetty-Pop!

Shake and rattle and rattle and shake

The golden grains as they bounce and break

To fluffy puffiness- Poppety Pop!

Bursting and banging the popper's top!

Poppety-Pop!

Pop! Pop!

The yellow kernels, oh, see them grow

White as cotton or flakes of snow!

Pop! Pop!

O-ho, how they frolic and fly about

And turn themselves suddenly inside out!

Pop-Pop-Poppety! Pop-Pop-Pop!

The popper's full and we'll have to stop;

Pile the bowl with the tempting treat,

Children, come, it's time to eat!

Read this line from the poem.

White as cotton or flakes of snow!

Which does this line include?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• rhyme

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the following lines from the poem. What is the rhyme scheme?

Pop-Pop-Poppety Pop!

The popper's full and we'll have to stop;

Pile the bowl with the tempting treat,

Children, come, it is time to eat!

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCA

• ABBA

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Pop-Corn

Pop! Pop! Poppetty-Pop!

Shake and rattle and rattle and shake

The golden grains as they bounce and break

To fluffy puffiness- Poppety Pop!

Bursting and banging the popper's top!

Poppety-Pop!

Pop! Pop!

The yellow kernels, oh, see them grow

White as cotton or flakes of snow!

Pop! Pop!

O-ho, how they frolic and fly about

And turn themselves suddenly inside out!

Pop-Pop-Poppety! Pop-Pop-Pop!

The popper's full and we'll have to stop;

Pile the bowl with the tempting treat,

Children, come, it's time to eat!

This poem has _____ lines.

• 3

• 10

• 16

• 15

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Pease porridge hot,

Pease porridge cold.

Pease porridge in the pot

Nine days old.

Identify the rhyme scheme.

• ABCA

• ABBA

• AABB

• ABAB

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

The speaker in a poem tells the poem, much like the narrator of a story tells the story. The speaker is the voice of the poem.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Father William

from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

"You are old, Father William," the young man said,

"And your hair has become very white;

And yet you increasingly stand on your head-

Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

"In my youth," Father William replied to his son,

"I feared it might injure the brain;

But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,

Why, I do it again and again."

"You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before,

And have grown most uncommonly fat;

Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door-

Pray, what is the reason of that?"

"In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,

"I kept all my limbs very supple

By the use of this ointment-one shilling the box-

Allow me to see you a couple?"

"You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak

For anything tougher than suet;

Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak-

Pray how did you manage to do it?"

"In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law,

And argued each case with my wife;

And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,

Has lasted the rest of my life."

"You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose

That your eye was as steady as ever;

Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose-

What made you so awfully cheer?"

"I have answered three questions, and that is enough,"

Said his father; "don't give yourself airs!

Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?

Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

Which best describes the theme of the poem?

• Older people should act their age.

• Younger people should respect their elders.

• Older people should teach younger people.

• Younger people should learn from older people.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Father William

from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

"You are old, Father William," the young man said,

"And your hair has become very white;

And yet you increasingly stand on your head-

Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

"In my youth," Father William replied to his son,

"I feared it might injure the brain;

But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,

Why, I do it again and again."

"You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before,

And have grown most uncommonly fat;

Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door-

Pray, what is the reason of that?"

"In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,

"I kept all my limbs very supple

By the use of this ointment-one shilling the box-

Allow me to see you a couple?"

"You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak

For anything tougher than suet;

Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak-

Pray how did you manage to do it?"

"In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law,

And argued each case with my wife;

And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,

Has lasted the rest of my life."

"You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose

That your eye was as steady as ever;

Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose-

What made you so awfully cheer?"

"I have answered three questions, and that is enough,"

Said his father; "don't give yourself airs!

Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?

Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

Which excerpt from the poem best supports the theme?

• "You are old, Father William," the young man said,

• "I kept all my limbs very supple..."

• "You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak.."

• "I have answered three questions, and that is enough,..."

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the following lines from the poem.

"I have answered three questions, and that is enough,"

Said his father; "don't give yourself airs!"

What is the meaning of airs as it is used in the poem?

• tunes

• a surrounding influence

• an attitude of being better than everyone else

• a mixture of gases that surround Earth

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Father William

from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

"You are old, Father William," the young man said,

"And your hair has become very white;

And yet you increasingly stand on your head-

Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

"In my youth," Father William replied to his son,

"I feared it might injure the brain;

But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,

Why, I do it again and again."

"You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before,

And have grown most uncommonly fat;

Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door-

Pray, what is the reason of that?"

"In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,

"I kept all my limbs very supple

By the use of this ointment-one shilling the box-

Allow me to see you a couple?"

"You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak

For anything tougher than suet;

Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak-

Pray how did you manage to do it?"

"In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law,

And argued each case with my wife;

And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,

Has lasted the rest of my life."

"You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose

That your eye was as steady as ever;

Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose-

What made you so awfully cheer?"

"I have answered three questions, and that is enough,"

Said his father; "don't give yourself airs!

Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?

Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

Which word best describes Father William?

• anxious

• cautious

• confused

• fearless

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Father William

from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

"You are old, Father William," the young man said,

"And your hair has become very white;

And yet you increasingly stand on your head-

Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

"In my youth," Father William replied to his son,

"I feared it might injure the brain;

But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,

Why, I do it again and again."

"You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before,

And have grown most uncommonly fat;

Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door-

Pray, what is the reason of that?"

"In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,

"I kept all my limbs very supple

By the use of this ointment-one shilling the box-

Allow me to see you a couple?"

"You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak

For anything tougher than suet;

Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak-

Pray how did you manage to do it?"

"In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law,

And argued each case with my wife;

And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,

Has lasted the rest of my life."

"You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose

That your eye was as steady as ever;

Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose-

What made you so awfully cheer?"

"I have answered three questions, and that is enough,"

Said his father; "don't give yourself airs!

Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?

Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

Which detail best supports the answer to Father William being fearless?

• Father William feared that standing on his head might injure the brain.

• Father William has grown most uncommonly fat.

• Father William turned a back-somersault in at the door.

• Father William's eye was as steady as ever.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4