Poetry Review

The tapping never stopped, and finally the chick popped out!

The little girl had tried and tried and tried and her dad was finally able to take the training wheels off her bike!

She kept trying that ballet, heard the applause one day, it was perfect. The sun does shine!

What is the theme of this stanza?

• Little kids have a hard time.

• Always keep trying.

• The sun shines.

• Always have on your training wheels.

_{I said I would do it. I said I would try.}

_{My friends asked to help, I started to yelp.}

_{The assignment was harder than I thought.}

_{My friends came back, I started doing jumping jacks!}

_{They joined in and before you knew it}

_{All was successfully done!}

What is the theme of this poem?

• Don't agree to do things.

• Exercise is important.

• Help from friends can make a hard task go faster.

• You shouldn't ask friends for help.

I wandered lonely as a cloud.

That floats on high o'er vale and hills.

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils

Beside the lake, beneath the trees.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

The highlighted words are an example of:

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by."

• Simile

• Refrain

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?

• a)  Poet
• b)  Speaker
• c)  Stanza
• d)  Lines

What is a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?

• personification
• verse
• metaphor
• simile

Language that does not mean what it literally says is called?

• Figurative Language

• Non-Literal Language

• Modernist Language

• Poetic Language

Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis is called?

• Repetition

• Refrain

• Chorus

• Verse

Using the five senses to paint a picture in the audience's head is called?

• Figurative language

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Imagery

The direct comparison between two unlike things is called?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole