Poetry Day

What is another word for dark or gloomy?

• public

• gloomy

• livelong

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The fall leaves were like broken glass beneath his feet.

This is an example of _________ .

• sound device

• rhyme scheme

• imagery

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Poetry is written in ________ that can be a sentence, phrase, or a singe word.

• lines

• poets

• stanzas

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

A ______ is one or more lines of poetry and is similar to a paragraph in other types of writing.

• poem

• stanza

• poet device

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Once upon a dreary day a boat left port to sail the bay.

This is an example of _________ .

• rhyme scheme

• stanza

• incorrect grammar

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The word Somebody in line 5 is capitalized in the poem because -

• the poet does not know how to capitalize properly

• it is the proper name of a character in the poem

• it coveys an idea of being well known

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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 word is used in the poem to mean 'to do something to get other people's attention'?

• dreary

• livelong

• advertise

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The speaker identifies herself as _________ .

• Nobody (in line 1) because she is a private person

• Somebody (in line 5) because she is famous

• a Frog (line 6) because she lives near a bog

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The speaker's statement in line 5 in ironic because the speaker ____ .

• uses a negative words but her meaning is positive

• says the opposite of what is generally expected

• makes readers laugh by making fun of her own shyness

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

________ is was occurs when a person says one thing and means another.

Example: saying "What a beautiful day!" when it is raining.

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

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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