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

"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

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

"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

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

Reread the poem “The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters.”

To what is the poet comparing a helicopter?

• bugs

• pastures

• rugs

• spiders

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"

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

What type of poem is “The Inventor Thinks

Up Helicopters?”

• acrostic

• free verse

• haiku

• limerick

"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