Understanding Poetry

Imagine Henry and Ava are on a poetic adventure! They're curious, what is the true purpose of poetry?

• To express mathematical concepts

• To help us understand the world around us

• To provide entertainment through movies

• To explain scientific theories

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Hey there, poetry enthusiasts! Noah, Ava, and Abigail are having a heated debate. They need your help to settle it. Which of the following is NOT a type of poetry?

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Biography

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Hey there, poetry detectives! Isla, Henry, and Avery are on a mission to uncover the secrets of poetry. They stumbled upon a mysterious poem and need your help. What does the form of a poem refer to?

• The number of words in the poem

• The specific arrangement or structure of the poem

• The rhyme scheme

• The length of the poem

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Emma, Anika, and Benjamin are on a quest to discover which poetic device really brings the sound of words to life. Can you help them figure it out?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

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Imagine you're a detective, Evelyn, Grace, and Nora! Your mission: to explore the vivid world of poetry. What does imagery in a poem appeal to?

• The reader's mathematical skills

• The reader's ability to solve puzzles

• The reader's logical skills

• The reader's five senses

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Imagine you're in a magical world of poetry where words weave wonders. Who do you think speaks to you through the verses?

• The poet's best friend, whispering secrets

• The poet themselves, sharing their soul

• The reader of the poem, that's you or maybe Emma!

• An imaginary voice created by the poet, perhaps a wise owl or a brave knight named Henry

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Imagine Mason, Arjun, and Anika are on a poetic adventure! They're curious about what elements make a poem's theme stand out. Can you help them figure it out?

• The number of stanzas only

• Form or structure, poetic devices, and poetic voice

• The length of the poem

• The title of the poem only

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two line stanza in a poem 

• quatrain
• rhyme scheme
• couplet
• meter

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It’s quiet now, a silent world, there is no noise at all.

The leafless trees so stark and bare and standing oh, so tall,

Are reaching up their crooked hands, their fingers to the sky,

As white, soft, cotton swirls and dances while it’s floating by.

I taste some on my stuck out tongue, it tickles on my nose,

So cold and white, so shining bright, it chills me to my toes.

What was the author's main purpose for writing this poem?

• To entertain the reader by telling them an interesting story about a snow day

• To inform the reader about snow days by giving them facts and information that we could check with research

• To describe the experience of being out in the snow by using words that appeal to the five senses

• To persuade the reader that winter is the best season by making snow seem great

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What is the definition of haiku?

• A three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count

• A grouped set of lines within a poem

• A narrative poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB

• A humorous poem of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba

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