Poetry and Prose

The writer use the following metaphor to convey what message? The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.

• It conveys that stars are expensive.

• To show the reader that the stars are not out tonight.

• To explain that the stars were bright and sparkling.

• To convey that the setting is in the country away from city lights.

In the following poem, which words rhyme?

• fingers and toes

• ate and Rose

• fingers and Rose

• Rose and toes

Read the prose and poem below about Kasper and Carl being locked in prison. How do both versions give information about this event?

• In the poem, both men are in prison with one sick and the other well. The prose describes more details by giving the men's names and where Carl and Kasper are.

• In the poem, the men's names are given, and it explains the men are in Prince Robert's prison. The prose describes the men only by being sick or well and in prison.

Describe the rhyming pattern of the following poem. As the tiny turtles Make their way Above them circle Birds of prey. Every year this same Mad race, Every year in this Same place Their flippers propel Them to the sea, Their instinct telling Them to flee.

• The last word in every verse rhymes.

• The last words in the 1st and 3rd verses rhyme.

• The last words in the 1st and 4th verses rhyme.

• The last words in the 2nd and 4th verses rhyme.

How many stanzas are in the following poem.

• 8

• 2

• 5

• 1

How many verses are in the following poem?

Spaghetti, spaghetti, all over the place,

Up to my elbows - up to my face,

Over the carpet and under the chairs,

Into the hammock and wound round the stairs,

Filling the bathtub and covering the desk,

Making the sofa a mad mushy mess.

The party is ruined, I'm terrible worried,

The guests have all left (unless they are buried).

I told them, "Bring presents." I said, "Throw confetti."

I guess they heard wrong

'Cause they all threw spaghetti.

• 11

• 12

• 6

• 5

Verse is an element of...

• poetry

• drama

• prose

Stanza is an element of...

• poetry

• drama

• prose

Description is an element of...

• poetry

• drama

• prose

Rhyme is an element of...

• poetry

• drama

• prose