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Analyzing Poetry and Theme

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Analyzing Poetry and Theme
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

It is a fourteen-line iambic pentameter poem.

Ballad

Sonnet

Villanelle

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

It is a type of poetry that expresses strong emotions or feelings usually spoken in first person point of view.

Lyric poetry

Narrative Poetry

Pastoral Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What figurative language is used in the excerpt by William Wordsworth?"I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills"

Metaphor

Simile

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did the author include the following figurative language? The wind howled and the trees trembeled at the peak of the storm.

To show the movement of the storm over the different cities in the area.

To describe the beauty of the trees in the storm as they swayed.

To show the intensity of the storm by describing the effect on sound and movement.

To explain how the people felt scared when the storm was at its worst because of how loud it was.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The sun is a yellow skittle shinning brightly in the sky.

What element of poetry does this sentence show?

metaphor

onomatopoeia

rhyme

simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

It is a figurative language using human qualities or actions to describe an inanimate object.

imagery

personification

rhyme scheme

rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do you call a stanza that has 4 lines?

couplet

tercet

quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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