Theme in Poetry / Figurative Language Review

Themes are________ in nature.

• Specific

• Universal

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

The tapping never stopped, and finally the chick popped out!

The little girl had tried and tried and tried and her dad was finally able to take the training wheels off her bike!

She kept trying that ballet, heard the applause one day, it was perfect. The sun does shine!

What is the theme of this stanza?

• Little kids have a hard time.

• Always keep trying.

• The sun shines.

• Always have on your training wheels.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

_{I said I would do it. I said I would try.}

_{My friends asked to help, I started to yelp.}

_{The assignment was harder than I thought.}

_{My friends came back, I started doing jumping jacks!}

_{They joined in and before you knew it}

_{All was successfully done!}

What is the theme of this poem?

• Don't agree to do things.

• Exercise is important.

• Help from friends can make a hard task go faster.

• You shouldn't ask friends for help.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

I wandered lonely as a cloud.

That floats on high o'er vale and hills.

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils

Beside the lake, beneath the trees.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

What is the theme of this poem?

• Walking is very lonely.

• Daffodils move in the wind.

• Nature has great beauty in its small details.

• Clouds float across the sky.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

I wandered lonely as a cloud.

That floats on high o'er vale and hills.

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils

Beside the lake, beneath the trees.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

The highlighted words are an example of:

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which sentence helps us understand the sadness of war.

• The cannons roared and the soldiers marched up the hill.
• The flag whipped in the wind as the ship swept the sea.
• The rain came down and landed on the wounded like a mother's tears.
• The warplanes roared into battle and exchanged fire.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5

The best definition of theme is...

• The lesson the author is teaching. 
• The message the author is sending.
• A word that summarizes the story.
• The character's main problem.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by."

• Simile

• Refrain

• Personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?

• a)  Poet
• b)  Speaker
• c)  Stanza
• d)  Lines

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?

• personification
• verse
• metaphor
• simile

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A