WorksheetsUnit 4 Week 5 Poetry
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
How can we take responsibility?
What is a synonym for obligation?
Who are you answerable to you? Why?
Where might you wait in a lounge?
Why is the correct proportion important when painting a realistic picture?
How is a free verse poem different from a traditional poem?
Which of the following uses alliteration?
Sheep should sled in a shed.
The sheep were in the field.
The light of the fire is a sight.
Go slow over the road.
Which of the following uses assonance?
Sheep should sled in a shed.
The sheep were in the field.
The light of the fire is a sight.
He is to slow today.
Other than plot, what other elements would you expect to find in a narrative poem?
What examples of alliteration can you find in the following lines?
"By now you're wondering, worrying
Why I've seemed so weird this week
-- not calling you, not texting,
Slipping silently past you in the hall
at school,
Pretending to listen to music or
checking my watch."
What example of assonance can you find in the following lines?
"By now you're wondering, worrying
Why I've seemed so weird this week
-- not calling you, not texting,
Slipping silently past you in the hall
at school,
Pretending to listen to music or
checking my watch."
What is the meaning of the idiom in the following sentence?
"I've put up posters and pounded the pavement for hours, wising I had gotten that back gate fixed faster."
running fast
walked long and hard
hit the pavement with my fist
What is the meaning of the idiom in the following sentence?
"She smiled and said that big changes will be just around the corner."
coming very soon
something will appear around the corner of the building
keep moving until we change.
How are “This Is Just to Say” and “to Mrs. Garcia, in the office” alike?
They are the same length.
They are written by the same poet.
In both, the poet is apologizing for something.
In both, the poet is comparing something to food.
What do “to Mrs. Garcia, in the office” and “to Thomas, Dear Thomas” do?
tell a story
explain a process
compare similar things
persuade the reader to do something
What type of poem is “to Mrs. Garcia, in the office?”
free verse
lyric
quatrain
sonnet
Reread “to Thomas, Dear Thomas.” Which line contains an idiom?
Of course I forgive you.
Thank you for your poem
But I still have to call your mother.
stealing our hearts, and our doughnuts, too.
Where do the poems “to Mrs. Garcia, in the office” and “to Thomas, Dear Thomas” take place?
at a park
at a school
at an office
at a shopping mall
What do these poems you have read tell you about being answerable for your actions?
Which sentence best tells the message about taking responsibility?
“If we work fast, I can get you to the go-kart park before the party’s over,” she promised me.
“And just think how glad Grandma and Grandpa will be when they get here and everything is just right!”
“No problem,” I said, and I was surprised to realize that I meant it.
“When you’re done with the lasagna, Minna and I will come in and make the salad.” . . .
