BIG Term 1 Vocabulary Test

What type of poem is this?

_____ to My Hair

If my hair were a tree

I'd climb it...

I'd treat it like gold

And then mine it.

Each day before school

I unwind it...

• Ode: a poem written in praise or celebration of something

• free verse: poem with no formal rhyme, stanzas, or rhythmic patterns

• list poem: poem written like a list to elaborate on a topic

• definition poem: poem that defines a word and uses it in context

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Which type of poem is this?

At Noon, In the Gym, With Dad

People watching

Players boasting

Me scoring

Dad snoring

Crowd growing

We balling

Me pumping

Dad jumping

Me faking

• ode: a poem written in praise or celebration of something

• free verse: poem with no formal rhyme, stanzas, or rhythmic patterns

• list poem: poem written like a list to elaborate on a topic

• definition poem: poem that defines a word and uses it in context in sentences

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

What type of poem is this?

Star-less

[STAHR-LES] adjective

With no stars.

As in: If me and JB

Try out for JV

Next year,

The Reggie Lewis Junior High School Wildcats

Will be starless...

• Ode: poem written in praise or celebration of someone or something

• free verse: poem with no formal rhyme, stanzas, or rhythmic patterns

• list poem: poem written like a list to elaborate on a topic

• definition poem: defines a word and uses it in context in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

1. What type of poem is this?

3. Basketball Rule #5

5. When

6. you stop

7. playing

8. your game

9. you've already

10. lost.

• ode: poem written in praise or celebration of something

• free verse: poem with no formal rhyme, stanzas, or rhythmic patterns

• list poem: poem written like a list to elaborate on a topic

• definition poem: poem that defines a word and uses it in context in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

1. dictionary definition of a word

• denotation

• context clue

• text evidence

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the ideas/emotions associated with a word

• connotation

• denotation

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

To hint at something indirectly and expect others to understand the reference.

(Ex: Chocolate is his kryptonite.)

• allusions

• analogies

• similies

• hyperboles

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (Ex: I have seen this movie 100 times.)

• hyperbole

• allusion

• metaphor

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

comparisons between two things for the purpose of explanations are ________.

(Ex: Life is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you’re gonna get.)

• analogies

• metaphors

• similes

• allusions

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

1. comparing two unlike things using like/as/so/than

Example: “You are as brave as a lion.”

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D