4th Grade Reading: Poetry

What is a stanza in poetry?

• A single line within a poem, composed of 3 or more lines
• A section within a poem, composed of 2 or more lines
• A rhyme pattern
• A type of metaphor

What does rhythm?

• The pattern or flow of sounds
• The arrangement of words
• The section within a poem
• The comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

What is a rhyme pattern?

• The arrangement of words in a line
• The section within a poem
• The pattern or flow of sounds
• The pattern of rhyme in a poem

What is a couplet?

• A single line
• A group of lines forming a unit
• Two lines that rhyme
• Three lines that rhyme

What is a triplet?

• Two lines that rhyme
• Three lines that rhyme
• A group of lines forming a unit
• The repetition of the first sound in two or more words

What is personification?

• A type of metaphor
• The repetition of the first sound in two or more words
• Giving human characteristics to objects
• Extreme exaggeration not to be taken literally

What does a metaphor do?

• Compares two things using "like" or "as"
• Compares two things without using "like" or "as"
• Says the sound it makes
• Gives human characteristics to objects

What does a simile do?

• Compares two things without using "like" or "as"
• Compares two things using "like" or "as"
• The repetition of the first sound in two or more words
• Extreme exaggeration not to be taken literally

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of the first sound or letter in two or more words
• Two lines that rhyme
• Three lines that rhyme
• Words or phrases that mean something different than what they say

What are idioms?

• Two lines that rhyme
• Three lines that rhyme
• Words or phrases that mean something different than what they say
• Gives human characteristics to objects