Adventure in the City Quiz

Drag the definition to the correct term​

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Metaphor

• Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• Meter

• Implied comparison between two unlike things

• Simile

• Words that imitate natural sounds

• Personification

• Pattern stressed & unstressed syllables

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What repetitive words do you see?

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

The poet most likely uses a repetitive structure in the poem in order to _

• show the height of the jumps

• stress a pattern of actions

• present the athlete as childlike

• reveal a contrast between ideas

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the meter of the poem "Adventure in the City" convey to the reader?

• The brief nature of the performance

• The many risks that the athlete is taking

• The quick, seamless movements of the athlete

• The loud, excited cries of the spectators

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the most likely reason the poet includes a photograph with the poem 'Adventure in the City"?

The poet includes a photograph with the poem to ​ ​​ (a)   what type of ​ (b)   are used for parkour.

• movements
• show
• illustrate
• setting
• sport

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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

Read this sentence from line 9 of the poem "Adventure in the City."

He's quick as a river.

What is the most likely reason the poet uses a simile in this line?

• To suggest the athlete's strength as he moves

• To suggest the onlooker's excitement

• To evoke sudden, choppy movement

• To evoke rapid, smooth movement

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10