Poetry Check Up

This form of poetry tells a story.

• Humorous

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Narrative

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words is known as ...

• rhyme

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

__________ divide the poem into what paragraphs might look like in a story or article.

• Stanzas

• Line breaks

• Forms

• Rhymes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In a poem, the voice that "talks" to the reader is called the ...

• narrator

• protagonist

• speaker

• antagonist

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A _________ compares two things that are different using the words "like" or "as".

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A metaphor in which the comparison is carried through several lines or even the entire poem is called ...

• a huge metaphor

• a long metaphor

• an extended metaphor

• a sweet metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A _____________ is a comparison in which the author compares two things NOT using "like" or "as".

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions is called ...

• symbolism

• imagination

• words

• imagery

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Based on the last stanza, the reader can conclude ..." This question is asking you to _________________.

• read carefully

• use the dictionary

• use the thesaurus

• infer

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

"Excerpt" means ...

• Piece

• Entire text

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10