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Poetry Meaning

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Poetry Meaning
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more nearby words. It creates a flow among words.

alliteration

repetition

assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

Theme

Tone

Verse

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

Symbol

Theme

Allusion

Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

Plot Elements

Figurative Language

Sensory Language

Literal Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse

Lines

Chorus

Stanza

Refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The following line conveys which sound device?
"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary"

a rhyme scheme

an internal rhyme 

an end rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

All of the following artistic choices would add layers of meaning to the central theme of a poem except for 

the use of symbolism 

the use of an extended metaphor

the use of figurative language 

the use of an intricate rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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