Understanding Poetry

Quiz
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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
+11
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the purpose of white space in poetry?
To add more words
To create pauses and emphasize lines
To change the poem's form
To increase the poem's length
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What effect can line breaks have in a poem?
They can change the poem's meaning
They make the poem rhyme
They add more stanzas
They remove punctuation
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
lines (verses) and stanzas are found?
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be ___________.
single word
sentence
part of sentence
All of the above
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does the form of a poem refer to?
The overall structure and organization
The length of each line
The use of white space
The use of rhyme
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are stanza breaks similar to in prose?
Paragraph breaks
Sentence endings
Chapter titles
Footnotes
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What should you pay attention to when reading a poem?
The structural elements
The number of pages
The font size
The author's biography
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