Worksheets5.3 HMH The Art of Poetry
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Choose a SYNONYM for cruising.
boat
stay
travel
wait
Choose an ANTONYM for necessary.
required
needed
optional
fundamental
If something is ______, there is nothing that is better.
unsurpassed
necessary
optional
inferior
If you cause a ____, you create a strong feeling.
inactivity
stir
unsurpassed
unmix
If something is done ___, it is very unusual or remarkable.
ordinary
mundane
extraordinarily
bland
Poetry - saying the MOST in the fewest amount of ____.
letters
sentences
words
stanzas
What are the three basic elements of poetry?
sound
figurative language
graphics
all of the above
What is the common THEME in the following three poems: Necessary Gardens, Alphabet Soup and Big Word Girl?
nutrition
screen time
arithmetic
literacy
What metaphor is used in the poem Necessary Gardens?
book is turned into a plant
library is turned into a garden
words are turned into a seed
book is turned into a flower
"Capitals cause quite a stir" is an example of what sound element?
onomatopeia
rhyme scheme
refrain
alliteration
"Someone Ate the Baby" is a repeated phrase within the poem itself. This is an example of what sound element?
alliteration
refrain
onomatopeia
rhyme scheme
The poem Balloon is a shape poem also known as a ___ poem.
concrete
sidewalk
acrostic
reverse
In Better Fun, the poet uses imagery to show the reader white water rafting. Choose the example of imagery from the poem.
slapped and drenched
amusement park attraction
to the base of
a white water ride
In the poem Quiet Water, what two things are being compared in the following simile: "the water is as still as a mirror"
water and still
still and mirror
water and as the
water and mirror
