Worksheets" The Art of Poetry" Comprehension
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the genre of this selection?
Realistic Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Historical Fiction
How does the poet build the poem “Quiet Water”?
He explains how a waterfall is formed over time.
He explains how the water is like other things in nature.
He talks about his own experiences on and off the water.
He talks about the water when it is both calm and moving.
What do we call a group of lines of poetry?
Sentences
Lines
Stanza
Title
"balloon" page 366
Who is the speaker in this poem?
a teacher
a group of friends
a kid
the balloon
"The Arrow Song" page 367
What does the arrow carry?
wind
air
song
What is the common THEME in the following three poems: Necessary Gardens, Alphabet Soup and Big Word Girl?
nutrition
screen time
arithmetic
literacy
"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 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
