Grammar/Vocabulary Review #1

This word is a poetic device - it means a group of lines in a poem - it's like a paragraph, but for a poem!

• stanza

• couplet

• meter

• connotation

Author's word choice

• connotation

• stanza

• denotation

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The regular pattern of STRESSED and UNSTRESSED syllables in poetry. It's the RHYTHM of a poem - Ba BUM!

• connotation

• diction

• meter

• couplet

Dictionary definition of a word

• connotation

• denotation

• stanza

• meter

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

A 2 line stanza that has the SAME end rhyme AND the SAME meter.

• diction

• denotation

• stanza

• couplet

the emotional association/meaning of a word

• diction

• meter

• couplet

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

1. The movie Mean Girls was turned into a musical and then came back to the screen. Even though the dictionary definition, the ________________, of fetch is related to dogs, Gretchen tried to make the _________________ of the word mean “cool” or “awesome”. This type of ______________ isn’t formal; it’s slang! 

• connotation, denotation, stanza

• denotation, connotation, diction

• meter, stanza, diction

• diction, connotation, couplet

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

1. Dr. Seuss is some people’s favorite poet. He writes stories using poems and breaks his lines into groups, called ________________. When you read his work aloud, you’ll notice the rhythm or ________________. Sometimes he’d even use a pair of lines that rhyme at the end, a ________________, to emphasize his point. 

• stanzas, meter, couplet

• stanzas, denotation, meter

• diction, stanzas, couplet

• connotation, denotation, meter

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The boy ate the candy quickly.

In the above sentence, the underlined portion is the ....

• direct object

• subject

• predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

The boy ate the candy quickly.

In the above sentence, the underlined portion is the ....

• direct object

• subject

• predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1