Elements of Poetry: The Poem That Will Not End

How many lines are in the following stanza?

Sometimes when I am

asked to speak, my tongue shrivels,

dries, and disappears,

and then my mouth becomes a

hollow bell with no ringer.

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 6

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TEKS.ELA.3.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

Which words in the following poem rhyme?

I ran right home and grabbed my bike.

Can I escape this curse?

My wheels were doing curlicues

and writing lines of verse.

• curlicues and curse

• wheels and curlicues

• wheels and writing

• curse and verse

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TEKS.ELA.3.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

What two things are being compared in the metaphor in this poem?

I am so tired

I'm part

of the bed-

a cover pressed

against the sheets,

dangling limply down the sides.

• the bed and being tired

• the speaker and the bed

• the cover and the sheets

• the speaker and the poet

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TEKS.ELA.4.7B

TEKS.ELA.5.7B

TEKS.ELA.6.6B

TEKS.ELA.7.6B

TEKS.ELA.8.6B

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Hesitate and plate

• Pop

• He blows banana bubbles

• There are poems that swim in my head

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• Hesitate and plate

• Pop

• He blows banana bubbles

• There are poems that swim in my head

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TEKS.ELA.3.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

Between which two words is there a line break?

Why is it I can

never remember the last

moment before sleep?

• never and remember

• I and can

• why and sleep

• last and moment

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TEKS.ELA.3.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

Which of these is an example of figurative language?

• Hesitate and plate

• Pop

• He blows banana bubbles

• There are poems that swim in my head

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TEKS.ELA.3.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

"My tongue shrivels, dries, and disappears" is an example of -

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• repetition

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TEKS.ELA.3.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

Who is the poet?

• the voice of the poem

• the character the author created to deliver the words in the poem

• a character mentioned in the poem

• the real-life person who actually wrote the poem

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What word is repeated in this stanza?

It started with a rhythm,

a rhythm and a rhyme.

It wouldn't let me stop,

it ate up all my time.

• rhythm

• rhyme

• stop

• time

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TEKS.ELA.3.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E