Poetry

What is a stanza?

• A grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem.

• Message or idea that an author has interpreted by the reader.

• A unit in poetry that consists of any words arranged in one row.

• A set of group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Match the following to complete the definition:

• overly exaggerated statement or claim.

• Hyperbole

• comparison of two unlike things that share something in common without using "like" or "as".

• Alliteration

• comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".

• Metaphor

• use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

• Simile

• when an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings.

• Personification

How to analyze the rhyme scheme of a poem?

• Look to the last sound in each line.

• Look to the first sound in each line.

• Look for the same word in each line.

• Look at your friend's answer.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to" is the definition of?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called (a)  

• scheme
• rhyme
• alliteration
• repetition

Crash, ZOINK, Moo, BOOM, and POP are examples of (a)  

• alliteration
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• poetry

Her eyes are as sparkly as a diamond is a (a)  

• smilie
• metaphor
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia

comparing two things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS is called

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• stanza

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• stanza

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the passage and choose the word that best describes the tone. Alice got an A or her essay

And, I don't understand why.

She doesn't work as hard

or write as well as I do.

• jealous

• joyous

• peaceful

• grim

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4