Wiggins Vocab and Poetry Quiz

Aria, Abigail, and Evelyn are playing a game of 'imagination'. Can you guess what they are doing when they 'imagine'?

• They are trying to understand something completely

• They are trying to forget or erase a memory

• They are forming a mental image or concept of something that is not present or that is not yet real

• They are physically creating something

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Emma, Charlotte, and Samuel are having a debate. Emma thinks a limerick is a type of fruit, Charlotte believes it's a type of dance, and Samuel insists it's a form of poetry consisting of five lines. Who is correct?

• Emma, who thinks a limerick is a type of fruit.

• Charlotte, who believes a limerick is a type of dance.

• Samuel, who insists a limerick is a form of poetry consisting of five lines.

• None of them.

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CCSS.L.5.5C

During a school trip, Liam, Grace, and Abigail are observing a science experiment. What does an observer like them do?

• An observer watches or observes something.

• An observer participates actively in the event.

• An observer ignores what is happening.

• An observer records audio of the event.

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CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6

Charlotte, Avery, and Liam are discussing poetry styles. They come across the term 'free verse.' What is free verse?

• Free verse is a type of poetry that does not follow any specific rhyme or meter pattern.

• Free verse is a type of poetry that follows a strict rhyme and meter pattern.

• Free verse is a type of poetry that is always written in iambic pentameter.

• Free verse is a type of poetry that only uses one syllable words.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Mia, Samuel, and David are playing a word game. They need to identify a literary device. Can you help them figure out what alliteration is?

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of different sounds or letters at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of non-adjacent or loosely connected words.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

During a fun poetry session, Henry, Zoe, and Lily came across a poetic device called alliteration. Can you help them identify an example of alliteration from the options below?

• Mary had a little lamb.

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Aria, Arjun, and Henry are having a poetry competition! They all decided to write a poem that does not rhyme. What is the term for such a poem?

• prose

• blank verse

• rhymeless

• free verse

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CCSS.RL.7.4

To spring back after hitting something is to ​ (a)   back.

• run
• bounce
• skip

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

A person who creates something for the first time is an

• animator

• inventor

• teacher

• messenger

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A