STAAR Poetry Review

What is poetry?

• Research on a topic

• An expression of feelings and ideas

• A short, make-believe story

• An essay

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the author's purpose for writing a poem?

• Persuade

• Describe

• Inform

• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

The poet is the

• reader of the poem

• speaker of the poem

• main character of a poem

• Author of the poem

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

The speaker of the poem is the

• one speaking in the poem (narrator)

• poet

• author of the poem

• person talking out loud

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The stanzas in a poem are

• the lines of the poem

• the words on the page

• like sentences

• like paragraphs

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The lines of a poem are

• the stanzas

• like sentences

• words in the poem

• like paragraphs

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

The tone of the poem is the author's

• mood

• theme

• attitude

• clue

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

In order to make an inference, I need to use

• a strategy

• text evidence

• background knowledge

• context clues

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

I use context clues (5 strategies) to

• determine the meaning of a word

• get text evidence

• gain background knowledge

• learn something

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4