What is true about poetry?

• Poetry is always written in strict form.

• Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.

• Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.

• Poets never read their poems aloud.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following is NOT a type of poem?

• a haiku

• a sonnet

• a limerick

• a news article

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Alliteration, rhyme and onomatopoeia are all examples of

• prose

• sound devices

• image devices

• meters

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following does not use figurative language?

• "The fog comes on little cat feet."

• "Fog appeared in the harbor and city."

• "The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."

• "Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Rhyming is when some words

• sound alike.

• sound exactly the same.

• are spelled the same way.

• have the same definition.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt?

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

• ABBA

• ABAB

• AAAB

• AABA

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The river swallowed the town whole.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A