Poetry Elements

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs
• Sentences & stanzas
• Lines & paragraphs
• Lines & stanzas

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.

• Sound

• Sight

• Taste

• Touch

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author
• Speaker
• Narrator
• Main character

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
• The repetition of a letter.
• The repetition of an ending sound.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.

• Musical
• Old-fashioned
• Important
• Difficult

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.
• Words that sound alike.
• An exaggeration.
• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

In poetry, what is "meter" ?

• Words that sound the same
• Sophisticated vocabulary
• The pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables
• The length of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is a "refrain" ?

• The last line of a poem
• The first line of a poem
• A line that is repeated
• A line that rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Hyberbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4