Vocabulary and Poetry Quiz

What does the word barren mean?

• capable of making new things

• using all of a particular thing

• unable to produce anything

• able to use things

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The word expression means putting thoughts or feelings aside.

• aside.

• in danger.

• out in the open.

• onto a piece of paper.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What are plumes?

• big, fluffy feathers

• loud, scary noises

• short, angry men

• small, fast slides

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the word meaningful mean?

• wanting answers

• needing explanation

• having a reason or purpose

• showing anger or frustration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of these lines uses alliteration?

• I have to run to the store.

• The door slammed, BANG!

• Alice the alligator asked for apples.

• The leaves fluttered like the wings of a bird.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word means almost the same as meter?

• length

• meaning

• rhyme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the name of a grouping of lines in a poem?

• alliteration

• lyric

• meter

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Lyric poetry sounds like a

• book.

• conversation.

• song.

• warning.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What message does the poet of “Words Free as Confetti” want to give the reader?

• There are many words.

• There are many words for colors.

• There are many languages in this world.

• Words are as varied as pieces of confetti.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What two things does the poet of “Dreams” compare in the first stanza?

• dreams and life

• dreams and wings

• life without dreams and dying birds

• life without dreams and a bird that cannot fly

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4