Poetry STAAR Review

Which statement correctly describes a way that stanzas 2 through 7 (lines 5–28) are similar?

• Each stanza introduces a new reason that Grandma comes to visit.

• Each stanza offers interesting facts about the history of the speaker’s family.

• Each stanza highlights the reasons the speaker enjoys Grandma’s visits.

• Each stanza describes delicious foods that Grandma prepares.

The end of the poem expresses the idea that the speaker —

• F. would like Grandma to stay longer

• G. shares many secrets with Grandma

• H. is curious why Grandma has to leave

• J. knows when Grandma will visit again

The imagery in the third stanza (lines 9–12) most appeals to the reader’s sense of —

• sound

• taste

• smell

• touch

Which statement best describes how the poet uses rhyme in each stanza of the poem?

• Only the second and fourth lines rhyme.

• Only the first and third lines rhyme.

• The first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme.

• The first and second lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme.

Which of these statements describes an element of the poem?

• All the lines have the same number of words.

• Most of the lines have the same meter.

• Each stanza introduces a new character.

• Each stanza solves a different problem.

What do you notice about rhyme in this poem?

• This poem has end rhyme in the 2nd and 4th lines of each stanza.

• There are no rhymes in this poem.

• This poem follows an AABB pattern thoughout each of the 4 stanzas.

• The poem has 4 stanzas and 16 total lines because there are 4 lines per stanza.

What figurative language do you notice in this poem? (*Mark all that apply.)

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

What does the metaphor in lines 3 and 4 mean?

• Without dreams or goals, you cannot move forward with your life.

• Dreams usually fly and without them, you are stuck on land.

• Dead dreams are broken birds.

• When dreams die, so does your future.

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called (a)  

• scheme

• rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

Her eyes are as sparkly as a diamond is a (a)  

• similie

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia