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WorksheetsSTAAR Poetry Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 32mins
What is poetry?
Research on a topic
An expression of feelings and ideas
A short, make-believe story
An essay
What is the author's purpose for writing a poem?
Persuade
Describe
Inform
Entertain
The poet is the
reader of the poem
speaker of the poem
main character of a poem
Author of the poem
The speaker of the poem is the
one speaking in the poem (narrator)
poet
author of the poem
person talking out loud
The stanzas in a poem are
the lines of the poem
the words on the page
like sentences
like paragraphs
The lines of a poem are
the stanzas
like sentences
words in the poem
like paragraphs
The tone of the poem is the author's
mood
theme
attitude
clue
The theme of a piece of writing is the
lesson the reader can learn
entire piece of writing
author's attitude
message for the reader
In order to make an inference, I need to use
a strategy
text evidence
background knowledge
context clues
I use context clues (5 strategies) to
determine the meaning of a word
get text evidence
gain background knowledge
learn something
Figurative Language uses
context clues to create meaning
dictionary skills to create meaning
words or expression to create meaning
a theme or message
What is the correct definition of alliteration?
a sound that suggests a meaning
compares 2 things using like or as
repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
gives something non-human a human quality
What is the correct definition of onomatopoeia?
compares 2 things without using like or as
a sound that suggests a meaning
an exaggeration
repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is the correct definition of a simile?
an exaggeration
compares 2 things
compares nothing
compares 2 things using like or as
What is the correct definition of personification?
repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
has a meaning different from the dictionary definition
compares 2 things using like or as
giving a human quality to something not human
What is an idiom?
has a meaning different from the dictionary defintion
giving a human quality to something not human
compares 2 things
repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of a word
What is the definition of a hyperbole?
has a meaning different from the dictionary definition
a sound that suggests a meaning
an exaggeration
compares 2 things
What is the definition of a metaphor?
a sound that suggests a meaning
compares 2 things using like or as
compares 2 things without using like or as
gives a human quality to something not human
"The lines of a poem are like sentences" is an example of which type of figurative language?
hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
simile
"This poem is a million stanzas long" is an example of which type of figurative language?
onomatopoeia
metaphor
alliteration
hyperbole
"The words in the poem grabbed my attention" is an example of which type of figurative language?
idiom
personification
metaphor
simile
"Poets put pieces on pages poetically" is an example of which type of figurative language?
alliteration
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
simile
"The pen made a thud on the table due to the poet's writer's block" is an example of which type of figurative language?
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
"The poet had butterflies in her stomach as she recited her poem" is an example of which type of figurative language?
hyperbole
idiom
alliteration
onomatopoeia
"The stanzas of a poem are paragraphs" is an example of which type of figurative language?
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
simile
What does "The lines of a poem are like sentences" mean?
The lines in a poem are descriptive
The lines in a poem are similar to a sentence
The lines in a poem are long
The lines in a poem are easy to read
What does "This poem is a million stanzas long" mean?
The poem is boring
The poem is interesting
The poem is really short
The poem is really long
What does "The words in the poem grabbed my attention" mean?
Caused me to become more interested
The poem grabbed me
It was exciting
I didn't want to read it
What does "Poets put pieces on pages poetically" mean?
They make things up
They think too hard
They write with expression
They love to write
What does "The pen made a thud on the table due to the poet's writer's block" mean?
The pen fell on the table because the poet was finished
The poet was frustrated and slammed the pen down
The poet's pen squeaked on the table as he wrote
The poet's pen broke into pieces
What does "The poet had butterflies in her stomach as she recited her poem" mean?
Butterflies grew in her stomach
She was ready for her speech
She read her poem out loud
She was nervous before the speech
What does "The stanzas of a poem are paragraphs" mean?
They are long
They are difficult to read
They look similar
They are easy to read
