Poets and Poetry

Which of these poetry collections was written by Jack Prelutsky?

• A Pizza the Size of the Sun

• Where the Sidewalk Ends

• American Poetry for Kids

• A Child's Garden of Verse

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Which of the following is NOT primarily known for writing poetry?

• Shel Silverstein

• Robert Frost

• Edward Lear

• Virginia Hamilton

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Which poet wrote poems with the themes of Chicago and Fog?

• Walt Whitman

• Carl Sandburg

• Edward Lear

• Jack Prelutsky

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Fill in the blank from this poem: The fog comes in on little _____ feet.

• dainty

• cat

• stepping

• careful

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The Road Not Taken was written by which poet?

• Robert Louis Stevenson

• Carl Sandburg

• Robert Frost

• Walt Whitman

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Fill in the blank from the poem: The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green ______.

• boat

• soup bowl

• canoe

• leaf

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Robert Louis Stevenson wrote which collection of poetry?

• Readaloud Rhymes for the Very Young

• A Light in the Attic

• Something Big Has Been Here

• A Child's Garden of Verse

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How many lines are there in a limerick?

• 4

• 2

• 5

• 14

How many lines are there in a sonnet?

• 4

• 2

• 5

• 14

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How many lines are there in a couplet?

• 4

• 2

• 5

• 14

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