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Types of Poetry

Authored by Stephanie Flowers

English

6th Grade

11 Questions

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Types of Poetry
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Usually about nature. short poem that contains 3 lines with 17 total syllables; originated in Japan

limerick

ballad

haiku

concrete

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

A poem that contains fourteen lines,written in iambic pentameter, and uses the rhyme scheme ABAb CDCD EFEF GG

Ballad

ode

acrostic

sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

A poem that celebrates a subject; a tribute to an object, person, or event

ode

limerick

free

narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

The most common and simple form is where the first letters of each line spell out the word or phrase

narrative

haiku

ballad

acrostic

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Poems that are written in such a way they make a picture of the thing being written about.

elegy

ode

concrete

free

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

A silly poem that tells a story in five lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA; usually about a peculiar person

limerick

concrete

acrostic

ballad

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

A poem that is meant to be sung and usually tells a sad story; most have refrains

ballad

sonnet

narrative

elegy

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

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