5.3 HMH The Art of Poetry

Choose a SYNONYM for cruising.

• boat

• stay

• travel

• wait

Choose an ANTONYM for necessary.

• required

• needed

• optional

• fundamental

If something is ______, there is nothing that is better.

• unsurpassed

• necessary

• optional

• inferior

If you cause a ____, you create a strong feeling.

• inactivity

• stir

• unsurpassed

• unmix

If something is done ___, it is very unusual or remarkable.

• ordinary

• mundane

• extraordinarily

• bland

Poetry - saying the MOST in the fewest amount of ____.

• letters

• sentences

• words

• stanzas

What are the three basic elements of poetry?

• sound

• figurative language

• graphics

• all of the above

What is the common THEME in the following three poems: Necessary Gardens, Alphabet Soup and Big Word Girl?

• nutrition

• screen time

• arithmetic

• literacy

What metaphor is used in the poem Necessary Gardens?

• book is turned into a plant

• library is turned into a garden

• words are turned into a seed

• book is turned into a flower

"Capitals cause quite a stir" is an example of what sound element?

• onomatopeia

• rhyme scheme

• refrain

• alliteration