Introduction to Poetry: What makes a poem, a poem? | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does a poem normally express?
Facts and statistics.
Thoughts and feelings.
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CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of figurative language?
Language that belongs to another culture.
Language that includes facts and statistics.
Language that is used to create powerful pictures in our minds.
Language that we use all the time in our everyday speech.
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CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these is the definition of metaphor?
A figure of speech giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals.
A figure of speech where one thing is compared to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
A figure of speech where something is described as being something else or as something that it can’t be.
Words that sound like the noise they describe.
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CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these is the definition of simile?
A figure of speech giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals.
A figure of speech where one thing is compared to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
A figure of speech where something is described as being something else or as something that it can’t be.
Words that sound like the noise they describe.
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CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these is the definition of personification?
A figure of speech giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals.
A figure of speech where one thing is compared to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
A figure of speech where something is described as being something else or as something that it can’t be.
Words that sound like the noise they describe.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these is the definition of onomatopoeia?
A figure of speech giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals.
A figure of speech where one thing is compared to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
A figure of speech where something is described as being something else or as something that it can’t be.
Words that sound like the noise they describe.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How long do we think poems have existed?
Almost as long as humans have existed.
Fifteen hundred years.
Four hundred years.
Nine years.
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