A group of lines is called a _______________________.

Poems may have a regular _________________, which is the repetition of similar sounds

A _____________ _______________ is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, gives a line of poetry a predictable ___________________, or pattern of beats.

_____________ _____________, such as line length, spacing, and the use of capital and lowercase letters, affect the look of the poem on the page as well as its rhythm and meter.

Poets may use sounds devices to make a poem more vivid or to create a tone or mood. _________________ is the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables.

Repeating consonant sounds at the end of non-rhyming words or syllables- such as brick and clock- is called ___________________

repeating vowel sounds is called ________________

_________________ uses words that imitate or suggest the sound of what they describe, such as hiss and thud.

Poets use _______________, or language that appeals to the senses, to help readers visualize what they read.

____________________ ________________________ communicates ideas beyond the literal meanings of words.

______________ uses like or as to compare seemingly unlike things.

A ________________ implies the comparison instead of directly stating it.

Poets use _______________________ to write about an idea, an object, or an animal as if it were human.

An ______________ is an expression whose meaning cannot be understood by simply joining the meaning of the words, such as I caught a cold

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

What element of poetry does this sentence show?

Birds bathe backward in the birdbath. This is an example of what element?

The third graders are as wild as a den of lions. What element is in this sentence?

When you compare two unlike things with like or as you are making a what?

In this line of the poem, "Far Away, buzzers buzz and school bells ring, what element are the words buzz and ring?

Which is an example of a Simile?

Which is an example of personification

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Sick By Shel Silverstein

1“I cannot go to school today,”

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

“I have the measles and the mumps,

A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.

5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,

I’m going blind in my right eye.

My tonsils are as big as rocks,

I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox

And there’s one more – that’s seventeen,

10 And don’t you think my face looks green?

My leg is cut, my eyes are blue -

It might be instamatic flu.

I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,

I’m sure that my left leg is broke -

15 My hips hurt when I move my chin,

My belly button is caving in

My back is wrenched, my ankle’s sprained,

My ‘pendix pains each time it rains.

My nose is cold, my toes are numb,

20 have a sliver in my thumb.

My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,

I hardly whisper when I speak.

My tongue is filling up my mouth,

I think my hair is falling out.

25My elbow is bent, my spine isn’t straight,

My temperature is one-o-eight.

My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,

There is a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is – what?

30 What’s that? What’s that you say?

You say today is…Saturday?

G’bye, I’m going out to play!”

How many stanzas are in this poem?

Sick By Shel Silverstein

1“I cannot go to school today,”

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

“I have the measles and the mumps,

A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.

5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,

I’m going blind in my right eye.

My tonsils are as big as rocks,

I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox

Read line 7. This is an example of a

Sick By Shel Silverstein

25My elbow is bent, my spine isn’t straight,

My temperature is one-o-eight.

My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,

There is a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is – what?

30 What’s that? What’s that you say?

You say today is…Saturday?

G’bye, I’m going out to play!”

After reading this last stanza, the reader can conclude

Sick By Shel Silverstein

25My elbow is bent, my spine isn’t straight,

My temperature is one-o-eight.

My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,

There is a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is – what?

30 What’s that? What’s that you say?

You say today is…Saturday?

G’bye, I’m going out to play!”

What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem?

15 My hips hurt when I move my chin,

My belly button is caving in

My back is wrenched, my ankle’s sprained,

My ‘pendix pains each time it rains.

My nose is cold, my toes are numb,

20 have a sliver in my thumb.

On line 17,which word is a synonym for wrenched?

Sick By Shel Silverstein

1“I cannot go to school today,”

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

The reader can conclude that the main character

Sick By Shel Silverstein

25My elbow is bent, my spine isn’t straight,

My temperature is one-o-eight.

My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,

There is a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is – what?

30 What’s that? What’s that you say?

You say today is…Saturday?

G’bye, I’m going out to play!”

Which of the following is true about the poem?

1“I cannot go to school today,”

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

“I have the measles and the mumps,

A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.

5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,

I’m going blind in my right eye.

My tonsils are as big as rocks,

I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox

...

30 What’s that? What’s that you say?

You say today is…Saturday?

G’bye, I’m going out to play!”

Which line in the poem shows imagery?

What is the genre of the poem?

Sick By ......

Who is the author?

After reading the last stanza, the reader can conclude _____.

What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem?

The poet wrote this poem _____.