Poetry Vocabulary Terms

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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
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Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is alliteration?
A group of lines
A pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
14 lines with end rhymes
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which TWO of the following are an example of alliteration?
She sells seashells by the seashore.
He acts silly at times, but he was blessed with a brilliant brain.
I might like to take a flight to an island in the sky.
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
......................................... is poetry that does not follow any particular rhyme scheme or pattern.
Free verse
Formal verse
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.10
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
There once was a man named Clark
Whose dog refused to bark
But when he gave the dog pie
It stopped being so shy
And is loud nonstop until dark
Which TWO sets of words are rhyming?
Clark and bark
shy and dark
pie and shy
bark and pie
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a rhyme?
a group of lines in a poem
words that have the same ending sound. Example: tree, bee
an author of poetry
compares two unlike things by saying one is the other. Example: She is a night owl.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is rhythm?
a beat and/or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Example: da da dadada da da dadada
an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
lines or words that are repeated. Example: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.10
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a Hyperbole?
an author of poetry
an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
giving human qualities to non-human things. Example: The angry ocean swallowed the tiny ship.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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