Poetry Review

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• alliteration
• imagery
• onomatopoeia
• theme

a word that imitates a sound

• mood
• simile
• allusion
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

a group of lines in a poem

• personification
• stanza
• imagery
• allusion

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CCSS.RL.6.5

the life lesson/message of the poem

• tone
• mood
• theme
• speaker

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

giving human-like qualities to something non-human

• personification
• allusion
• imagery
• theme

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

words that appeal to the five senses

• metaphor
• theme
• personification
• imagery

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

a comparison between two unlike things using "as" or "like"

• tone
• simile
• metaphor
• mood

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the rhythmical pattern of a poem?

• Meter
• Rhyme
• Repetition
• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.5

Read the poem below:

Fog

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over the harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

The metaphor in stanza 1 is used to emphasize-

• how the fog moves

• what the fog looks like

• where the fog comes from

• why the fog is coming

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the poem below:

Fog

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over the harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

Line 3 of the poem is an example of which literary device?

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4