8th Grade Poetry Review

What is the role of the speaker in a poem?

• The person who writes the poem

• The voice that communicates with the reader

• The person who reads the poem aloud

• The person who publishes the poem

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is meant by "structure" in a poem?

• The rhyme pattern of a poem

• The poem’s arrangement of words, lines, and images

• The number of syllables in each line

• The theme of the poem

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is rhythm in poetry?

• The rhyme scheme of a poem

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

• The number of lines in a stanza

• The theme of the poem

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is meter in poetry?

• The rhyme scheme of a poem

• The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• The number of stanzas in a poem

• The theme of the poem

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What establishes the rhythm of a poem?

• The rhyme scheme

• The meter

• The theme

• The title

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the primary function of the speaker in poetry?

• To organize the poem

• To communicate with the reader

• To establish the rhyme scheme

• To determine the meter

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a figure of speech?

• A literal expression

• A word or expression not meant to be taken literally

• A mathematical term

• A scientific term

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is personification?

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Describing human actions

• Writing about people

• Comparing two people

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are sound devices used for?

• To confuse the reader

• To emphasize the meaning of certain words

• To make the text longer

• To remove musical quality from a work

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The trees reached out their branches and grabbed the coat.

• The trees are tall.

• The trees are green.

• The trees are in the forest.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3