Free verse poetry

The writer of a poem is called...

• poet
• illustrator
• author
• smart person

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What type of poem is this?

• free verse

• narrative

• lyrical

• humorous

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What is the effect of the short lines in the poem?

• They have no effect on the poem.
• They add unnecessary complexity to the poem.
• They disrupt the flow of the poem.
• They make it sound the speaker is talking to me.

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7. What does Milton’s soul wish for?

• A. To serve humanity

• B. To serve those who are in need

• C. To serve God by writing great poetry

• D. All of the above

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How many verses or lines do you see in 3rd stanza?

• 5

• 6

• 30

• 4

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Which type of text is written in lines and stanzas?

• Poetry
• Informational
• Realistic Fiction
• Autobiographies

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A group of lines in a poem, much like a paragraph in prose.

• stanza

• verse

• pattern

• repetition

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Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. 
The Game
The team was at the scrimmage line
A blitz was in the works
The ball flew through the air like a rocket
Face masks, fumbles, forward passes
You may have a favorite time of the year
But this is mine!
Which of the following is true about the poem above?

• the poem is free verse
• the poem is haiku
• this poem is both free verse and lyrical
• the poem is lyrical

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How can the reader tell this is a free verse poem?

• It uses end rhymes.
• Every line is the same length.
• It uses figurative and sensory language.
• The language and rhythm sound like normal speech.

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Regularized rhythms. An arrangement of language in which the accents occur at apparently equal intervals in time.

By the | shining | Big-Sea-|Water

• Meter

• language

• meter line

• sentence

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