Poetry Wonders Selection Test

Which words from the poem “The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters" rhyme? Select all that apply.

• bug, rug

• steering, veering

• right, night

• cricket, dragonfly

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

"that swerves like a dragonfly testing his steering,"

What type of figurative language does the poet from "The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters" use in these lines?

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Reread these lines from the poem “The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters.”

"Why not a vertical whirling winding bug,"

Which does the poet use in these lines of the poem?

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

"that hops like a cricket crossing a rug"

What type of figurative language does the poet from "The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters" use in these lines?

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

In "The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters", what EFFECT does

"whirling and winding",

"up, down, left, right", and

"Jounce, bounce, day and night" create?

Select TWO answers.

• It focuses the reader on the motion of the helicopter

• It adds speed and intensity to the poem

• It makes the reader feel like the helicopter is still

• It adds a pause to the poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Reread the poem “The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters.”

To what is the poet comparing a helicopter?

• bugs

• pastures

• rugs

• spiders

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What text evidence (similes) supports that the inventor's ideas for the helicopter came from bugs? (Select THREE).

• "hops like a cricket"

• "swerves like a dragonfly"

• "fleet as a beetle"

• "crossing a rug"

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Why does the poet from "The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters" end the poem with

"Why not?"

• to show that he does not like to do things that are different

• to show that he is an inventor because he takes risks

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What type of poem is “The Inventor Thinks

Up Helicopters?”

• acrostic

• free verse

• haiku

• limerick

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

"Needs an engine as light as a feather."

Which does the poet from "Ornithopter" use in these lines of the poem?

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5