Analyzing Poetry

What is poetry?

• A written work that uses figurative language and rhythms to show meaning.

• A story with a beginning, middle, and end.

• An informative written work that uses facts and data.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a stanza?

• The end or conclusion of a poem.

• The arrangement of lines into groups, separated by empty lines.

• The theme or lesson learned.

• The title of the poem.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

How many lines are in this stanza?

In the winter it's every kid's dream,

As snowflakes begin to appear,

That suddenly there'll be a blizzard,

And they'll cancel school for the year.

• 15

• 3

• 5

• 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

True or False: Poems do not have to rhyme.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

The pattern of rhyming in poetry is known as

• a stanza

• rhyming

• rhyme scheme

• verses

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The repetition of sounds at the end of words is known as

• a stanza

• rhyming

• rhyme scheme

• verses

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.

• rhyme
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line.

• repetition
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

The main idea of a poem. What the author wants you to learn

• free verse
• cinquain
• theme
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

To describe by comparing two things using “like” or “as”.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3