Poetry

1. What type of poem is the first one?

Fun to be around

Ready to help
Inspires me every day
Enjoys playing games

Never mean
Does kind things

•  Limerick
  

• 
  Acrostic
  

• 
  Haiku
  

• 
  Shape

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

2. 2. Which of the following best describes an acrostic poem?

•   A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word.
  

• 
  A poem with five lines that follows a specific rhyme scheme.
  

• 
  A poem that uses 5-7-5 syllables.
  

• 
  A poem that tells a story.

3. 3. What type of poem is the second one?
   There once was a cat from Peru,
   Who dreamed he could sail in a shoe

4. He paddled the sea,
   With a mouse for his tea,
   And waved to the dolphins that flew!

• 
  Haiku
  

• 
  b) Limerick
  

• Free verse

• 
  Cinquain

What type of poem is the third one?
Pencil
Yellow, pointy
Writing, drawing, doodling
It helps me share my thoughts
Graphite

• Haiku
  

• 
  Cinquain
  

• 
  Limerick
  

• 
  Color

What is a characteristic of a cinquain poem?

• Five lines with a specific pattern of words and syllables.
  

• 
  Three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
  

• A humorous poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA.
  

• 
  A story told in poem form.

Which figurative language is used in the line: “Waved to the dolphins that flew”?
There once was a cat from Peru,
Who dreamed he could sail in a shoe.
He paddled the sea,
With a mouse for his tea,
And waved to the dolphins that flew!

• Personification
  

• 
  Simile
  

• 
  Alliteration
  

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What type of poem is the fourth one?
Blue is the ocean, deep and wide,
A quiet place where dolphins hide.
Blue feels like calm, like bedtime skies,
Like whispered dreams and lullabies.

• Haiku
  

• Free Verse
  

• 
  Acrostic
  

• Color

Which figurative language is used in the line: “Blue feels like calm, like bedtime skies”?

• 
  Metaphor
  

• Simile
  

• 
  Hyperbole
  

• 
  Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

9. What type of figurative language is used in the poem 5 in the line: “I dance on the breeze, above all the trees!”
   

• 9. Personification
     

• 9. 
     Hyperbole
     

• 9. 
     Metaphor
     

• 9. 
     Simile

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What type of poem is the last one?
   Spring

 Birds chirp in the trees,
Flowers bloom in soft sunshine,
Rain sings on the roof.

• Limerick
  

• 
  Cinquain
  

• Haiku
  

• Free verse