Poetry and Figurative Language

The author's message or the lesson to be learned is the ____________.

• meter
• mood
• theme
• repetition

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

A line in a poem is...

• a stanza

• the beat or rhythm

• a single row of words

• there are no lines in a poem

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

How many LINES are in the poem? (You may have to zoom in!)

• 4

• 2

• 10

• 8

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

A stanza is...

• the last line of the poem

• a group of lines in a poem

• the beat of the poem

• the author of the poem

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

How many stanzas are in the poem? (You may have to zoom in!)

• 1

• 2

• 3

• none

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

All poems contain rhyme

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Using expressions with a different meaning than the literal interpretation

• Figurative language

• Sound devices

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which answer below is an example of a simile?

• I like ice cream.

• ZOOM!

• The classroom was a zoo.

• Her eyes were as blue as the sea.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which answer below is an example of a metaphor?

• My kids room is a disaster.

• It was as cold as ice.

• BAM!

• I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the following statement an example of?

Hope is the thing with feathers

• SImile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D