Lyric Poetry Pre-assessment

What does a lyric poem express?

• personal thoughts and feelings

• a narration of an event

• a dialogue between characters in a poem

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A lyric poem is a _____ poem in which a single speaker expresses her personal thoughts and feelings.

• happy

• extensive

• long

• short

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In ancient times, lyric poems were meant to be _____.

• read

• sung

• narrated

• imagined

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

From which musical instrument was the term "lyric" derived?

• Lute

• Lyre

• Laud

• Laure

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Lyric poems have some elements in common with songs. Which is NOT a common element between them?

• rhythm and melody

• creative word choice

• famous singer

• single, unified impression

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What makes a lyric poetry different from the other forms of poetry?

• It has a single character which is the speaker who expresses his thoughts.

• It narrates a story.

• It signifies dialogues between characters

• It is created for drama.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which element of poetry is best created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?

• meter

• rhyme

• figurative language

• verse

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

It is a pair of rhymed lines.

• couplet

• quatrain

• octave

• sonnet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

It is a one stanza poem that has 14 lines with specific rhyme scheme.

• haiku

• couplets

• ode

• sonnet

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following could be considered a lyric poem?

• an essay

• song lyrics

• drama script

• fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9