Poetry Assessment Review

A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph, is called a ________

• Repetition

• Stanza

• Speaker

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

TRUE or FALSE: Narrative poetry tells a story.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

The "imaginary voice" you hear as you read a poem is called the ________

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Speaker

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

What figurative language is used in the first line of this poem?

Your teeth are like stars;

They come out at night.

They come back at dawn

When they're ready to bite.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Poetry that focuses on thoughts or feelings instead of telling a story is called ________

• Alliteration

• Stanza

• Lyric poetry

• Boring

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What sound device is shown here?

I see the tracks of the railroads of the earth;

I see them welding State to State, city to city, through North America.

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What sound device is in bold in this line?:

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary ...

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What sound device is in bold?

The metal platter landed with a great clang, spraying bits of food across the kitchen.

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

Complete the rhyme pattern by choosing the letter that belongs where the question marks are:

Gone are the birds with sunny days, --- A

But flowers shall cheer us in their room, --B

And shrubs that pined in summer rays -- A

Shall top their leafy boughs with bloom. -- ??

• A

• B

• C

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

What is the rhyme scheme in this poem?

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCD

• ABCD

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10