Wonders U2 W5 Selection Comprehension - Poetry

Reread the poem "The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters." To what is the poet comparing a helicopter?

• bugs

• pastures

• rugs

• spiders

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What type of poem is "The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters?"

• acrostic

• free verse

• haiku

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Read the following line from "The Inventor Thinks Up Helicopters."

that swerves like a dragonfly

testing his steering,

• metaphor

• onoatopoeia

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Reread these lines from the poem "ornithopter."

But no matter the wind or the weather,

A pilot whose wings swing together

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

How are all the poems ALIKE?

• They are all about flying

• They are all about flying machines

• They all have similar rhyming patterns

• They all include similes and metaphors

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7