Poetry Skills Check-In

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

is called

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhythm

• Poetic Structure

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A figure of speech

that suggests a similarity

between two different things

(usually using "like" or "as")

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• juxtaposition

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A figure of speech

that uses a word or phrase

to describe something

that it does literally apply to

in order to show

a similarity

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• free verse

• near rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Using a concrete object or phrase

to represent a different abstract idea

(the meaning is usually open to interpretation)

is called

• metaphor

• context

• symbol

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A group of lines in a poem

is called

• stanza

• stanza break

• line break

• structure

What is the rhyme scheme for the poem Dreams?

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

• AABB
• ABAB
• ABCB
• ABBC

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.5

How do you tell a poem's rhyme scheme?

• The rhythm of a poem.

• Rhymes occurring inside the lines of a poem.

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem (marked with the alphabet)

• By looking for internal rhymes between lines.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which poem matches the rhyme scheme ABBA

• I stubbed my toe

  It hurts a whole bunch

  I wish I had handfuls

  Of pizza to munch

• Roses are red

  Violets are blue

  Wait, they're blue?

  Shouldn't they be violet?

• I just saw a cow

  He wore bright green pants

  And did a fun dance

  My one thought was "Wow"

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which of the following best describes the message of the poem First They Came?

• Fear can cause people to stop caring about others or their suffering.

• People should define themselves by their similarities, not by their differences.

• Staying silent while witnessing a crime is the same thing as committing the crime.

• People should speak out when they see injustice, or they may risk experiencing it themselves.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.W.8.9A

In First They Came...which detail best shows that the speaker feels regretful about his choices?

• "Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me."

• "I did not speak out — Because I was not a Jew."

• "Because I was not a Trade Unionist"

• "First they came for the Socialists"

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3