Elements of Poetry Exam Review

What is the main difference between prose and poetry?

• all poetry rhymes and prose does not rhyme

• poetry is written without punctuation marks

• poetry looks different because it is written in lines and stanzas and prose is written in sentences and paragraphs

• there are no differences

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

The first step in turning a story into a poem would be?

• find rhyming words

• write lines and stanzas

• shorten the story

• find the most important ideas in the story

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which words in the stanza below rhyme?

'On the honor of my father,

I promise I will not bother,

the dog.'

• honor, father

• honor, father, bother

• honor, dog, bother

• promise, will, honor

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What are free verse poems?

• poems that rhyme

• poems that are funny

• poems that sound more like ordinary speech and do not rhyme

• poems that have words scattered all across the page

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following is a line from the poem?

• The Fat Cat

• I had a cat

• He had a hat that did not fit

• Who was so fat he could

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

How many stanzas does this poem have?

• 3

• 1

• 4

• 2

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Each stanza of a poem usually focuses on?

• A main idea

• the most important line

• rhyming words

• the look of the poem

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

How should poems be read?

• pausing at the end of each line

• pausing at the end of each stanza

• pausing at the punctuation marks

• however you want to read it

Where should you pause when reading this poem?

• At the end of each line

• At the end of every two lines

• At the end of each stanza because there are periods

• Only at the very end of the poem because the text is a different color

The two boys stayed home because they had gotten mud all over ____ clothes.

• they're

• there

• theer

• their

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A