What is Poetry?
Authored by Anita Debro
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
The main message of a poem or the lesson that the author wants you to take away from reading a text is the
Central Idea
Topic sentence
Theme
Evidence
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
Figurative Language is
A type of language that means exactly what it says
Words and phrases that provide information
Writing that is boring.
Words and phrases that mean more than what is written on the page.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 2 pts
Select the famous poets from this list
Edward Cullen
Langston Hughes
Edgar Allen Poe
Virginia Martin
Nikki Giovanni
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer is the
Mood
Theme
Rhyme
Tone
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 2 pts
Two examples of repetition used in poetry are:
Alliteration
Allusion
Hyperbole
Anaphora
Simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.7.10
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
“You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise”
What type of poetry characteristic are used in this passage?
Choose all that apply.
Anaphora
Simile
Rhyme
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
The poem "Dreams" was written by
Edgar Allen Poe
Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou
Countee Cullen
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
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