Poetry Vocabulary Review

An example of 'rhythm' in poetry is:

• double, double, toil and trouble

• walk a country mile

• take me to your leader

• your eyes are like starfish

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is rhythm in poetry?

• The arrangement of words in a poem that are regularly measured or patterned

• The use of drums played behind a person reading a poem

• Every poem has rhythm

• Every poem must include the use of rhythm to be considered poetic

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CCSS.RI.5.10

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The best example of alliteration is:

• I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw

• Take out your chromebook and give it a good look

• Roses are red, violets are blue

• Pow, splat, shazam

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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 is the definition of alliteration?

• the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• the regular beat that occurs naturally in a poem

• Using sounds in a poem

• giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

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CCSS.L.4.5

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is an example of simile?

• Life is like a box of chocolates

• Life is a mystery

• That girl is a pretty rose of a girl

• That little boy made me an angry hippo of a person

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CCSS.L.4.5A

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Which is the definition of simile?

• A comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A comparison of two things NOT using 'like' or 'as'

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

• creating a feel of a beat in a poem

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CCSS.L.4.5A

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is the definition of metaphor?

• A comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A comparison of two things NOT using 'like' or 'as'

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

• creating a feel of a beat in a poem

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An example of a metaphor is:

• He is the black sheep of the family

• her personality is like a fresh breeze on a summer's day

• cool as a cucumber

• they're like two peas in a pod

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CCSS.L.4.5A

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An example of imagery in a poem is:

• The winter evening settles down with the smell of steaks in passageways

• She can have him now, and I'll get him by and by

• Be who you really are because nobody judges. Friends become family in this world

• They say that carrots are good for your eye. They swear they improve your sight

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Which is the definition of imagery?

• Using a picture beside your poem without copyright info

• Using a picture beside your poem with copyright info

• Painting a picture in a poem using your words

• Describing a poem using your pictures from the internet

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CCSS.L.4.5

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