Understanding Poetry

What is poetry compared to in the text?

• Like dancing

• Like singing

• Like talking

• Like painting

What can poems express according to the text?

• Only historical facts

• Only sadness

• Only joy

• Huge ideas or feelings

What is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of poems is that they (a)   .

• They can be funny or sad
• They can rhyme
• They must be long
• They can be about everything

What does the text suggest about the words in a poem?

• They don't convey much

• They are chosen by a computer

• Every word matters a lot

• They are random

Who is the poet of the poem 'Cat' mentioned in the text?

• Emily Dickinson

• Marilyn Singer

• Billy Collins

• Shakespeare

The speaker in a poem is (a)   .

• The audience of the poem
• The person who writes the poem
• The main character of the poem
• The person whose voice we hear in a

How many sentences are in the poem 'Cat'?

• One

• Ten

• Fifteen

• Three

What is prose compared to?

• Painting

• Talking

• Singing

• Dancing

Rhyming involves (a)   .

• Matching the ending sound of words
• Writing in a specific rhythm
• Matching the beginning sound of wor
• Using the same word repeatedly

Do poems have to rhyme?

• Only on Tuesdays

• No, but they can

• Yes, always

• Only classical poems