Poetry Unit 8 Review

The first line says "They live their lives round" What does this mean?

• Hedgehogs are round animals

• Hedgehogs are little

• Hedgehogs are smelly

Why did the poet most likely write this poem?

• To show you how to capture a hedgehog

• To describe a hedgehog

• to scare you

What is the most likely reason the author includes repetition with the start of most lines with "they"?

• To make it rhyme and flow

• To explain the problem and setting of the story

• To emphasize that "they" is describing the hedgehogs

In the 3rd line, the poet says that zebras can --

• gallop away

• sway away

• dance away

What image might the reader see in their mind after reading line 5?

• a crocodile biting prey

• a crocodile swimming in a deep pool

• a crocodile sleeping in the sun

What is the structure of the poem

• narrative

• shape

• free verse

I was sitting in time out

trying not to pout.

My mom was so mad,

how can I make her glad?

Which lines in this poem rhyme?

• Lines 1 and 3 rhyme

• Line 2 and 4 rhyme

• Lines 1 and 2 AND Lines 3 and 4 rhyme

On stacy street a little girl bumped her knee too hard and had to go to the doctors.

What change should be made?

• change too to to

• change the period to a question mark

• capitalize stacy and street

If you is going to the store, can you pick me up some chips?

What change should be made?

• Change is to are

• change store to shop

• change chips to chip

My grandpa told me that are whole family is going to the park today.

What change should be made?

• change grandpa to granddad

• change whole to hole

• change are to our