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What Is Poetry?

Authored by Charity Johnson

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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What Is Poetry?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is true about poetry?

Poetry is always written in strict form.

Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.

Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.

Poets never read their poems aloud.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Poetry is really not about being right or wrong.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following does not use figurative language?

"The fog comes on little cat feet."

"Fog appeared in the harbor and city."

"The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."

"Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rhyming is when some words { }.

sound alike

sound exactly the same

are spelled the same way

have the same definition

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which poetic device is used in the following line? Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

Personification

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the purposes of similes and metaphors?

To draw a connection between two unrelated things.

To compare the sounds in different words.

To repeat the first few letters of words.

To personify inhuman things in writing.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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