Poetry pre-test

Match the following

• The ocean was an angry beast.

• alliteration

• The blue moon in the June sky.

• metaphor

• Quietly, the wind whispered in the empty street.

• simile

• The rifles rapid rattle sounded on the battle front.

• assonance

• Her eyes shone like two jewels.

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does SPEC stand for?

• Some

  People

  Expect

  Cola

• Subject

  Purpose

  Emotion

  Craft

• Simile

  Personification

  Emotion

  Character

• Smiling

  Pays

  Everyone

  Cash

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A ​ (a)   has ​ (b)   lines​

• sonnet
• fourteen

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

A ​ (a)   is a poetry ​ (b)   that makes a ​ (c)   using the words ​ (d)   or ​ (e)   .

• simile
• technique
• comparison
• as
• like

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does SLIMS stand for?

• Satan

  Loses

  In

  My

  Shower

• Someone

  Likes

  Igloos

  Most

  Saturday's

• Symbols

  Language

  Imagery

  Movement

  Sound

• Speaker

  Language

  Irony

  Makeup

  Summary

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

Match the following

• intelligent

• adverb

• woman

• verb

• Does it matter losing your sight?

• question

• quickly

• noun

• scream

• adjective

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A ​ (a)   ​ (b)   represents an idea through direct ​ (c)   .

• metaphor
• symbolically
• comparison

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following

• The falling shells screamed across the sky.

• tone

• I have a dream that...I have a dream that...

• personification

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• anaphora

• She was furious and full of rage.

• sibilance

• She sounded soothing but sly.

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8