Elements of Poetry 4th Grade

What is a simile?

• it compares to unlike things using keywords like or as

• it gives a direct comparison between to unlike things

• makes non-human things seem human

• is a sound word that imitates a thing or action by the sound it makes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

What is an example of a metaphor?

• Silly Susie saves seashells.

• Justin is a walking encyclopedia.

• The grass tickled my feet as I walked across the lawn.

• The fly buzzed by my ear.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

What is personification?

• it is a comparison between two unlike things

• it is a phrase that has a different meaning from what is literally being said

• gives non-human things human-like qualities

• a sound word that imitates a thing by the sound it makes in nature

Which one is an example of an idiom?

• Silly Susie saves seashells.

• It is raining cats and dogs.

• Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

• The lonely chair sat at the corner desperate for company.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

What is alliteration?

• it compares two unlike things using like or as

• it is a sound word that imitates a thing in nature

• are the repetitions of a consonant sound in a sentence or series "tongue twisters"

• makes a non-human thing seem human

Which is an example of a simile?

• Crazy Carl caught the ball!

• I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.

• She is as beautiful as a rose.

• The cat's tail is a whip.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

What is a hyperbole?

• are exaggerations

• are comparisons

• are sounds in nature

• are tongue twisters

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

What is the rhyme scheme for the following poem?

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Let it be said

I'll always be true

• AABB

• ABCA

• ABBA

• ABAB

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

Select the two words that rhyme:

• snow, grow

• begin, sang

• yellow, truck

• lose, lost

Which of the 5 senses appeals to the line below:

The hot, sweet cocoa delightfully my throat with soft, sugary marshmallows.

• see

• hear

• taste

• smell