Poetry Quiz

Metaphor

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison between two unlike items

• a line of poetry with a repetition of consonants

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The following is an example of what?

I have a grey and white cat,

Who is old, lazy and fat.

• Personification

• Rhyme

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which is not an example of onomatopoeia?

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Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are symbols used for in poetry?

• They compare 2 things.

• They're there to confuse you.

• They represent different things or ideas.

• They emphasize an idea or thing.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• That house is a money pit.

• He was as brave as a lion.

• Her long hair is a flowing golden river.

• Bill's eyes were ice while he stared at her.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The calm lake was a mirror after the storm passed.

• My dad is as blind as a bat.

• Her new puppy is as light as a feather.

• My best friends little sister is sweet as sugar.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Descriptive language that helps the reader to visualize something.

• Stanza

• Imagery

• Iambic pentameter

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Allusion is...

• A unified group of lines in poetry.

• an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

• The author's specific word choice.

• A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Theme is...

• A story/narrative in poetic form.

• the central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

• The author's specific word choice.

• The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Tone is...

• the attitude the poem's narrator takes towards a subject or character.

• a single line of poetry.

• when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

• a unified group of lines in poetry.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9