Poetry Quiz

Choose the best answer to each question. Which of the following pairs of words rhymes?

• high and hot

• fable and table

• team and leap

• balloon and ball

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CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

Choose the best answer to each question. A comma at the end of a line of poetry indicates that —

• the line contains the first idea presented in the poem

• when you read the poem, you should pause at the end of the line

• the idea expressed in the line is not essential to the poem

• the poet is not following traditional rules of punctuation

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Choose the best answer to each question. When you find a figure of speech in a poem, you should —

• look up its definition in a dictionary

• treat it as a made-up word

• not interpret it as literally true

• view it as a fact

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Choose the best answer to each question. What is a metaphor?

• A direct comparison between two unlike things

• A phrase that means the same thing as another phrase

• The main idea expressed in a poem

• An object that stands for something beyond itself

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Choose the best answer to each question. Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The first movie is more exciting than the sequel.

• The two brothers share many qualities.

• Lemons are sour, but peaches are sweet.

• She paced the room like a lion in a cage.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In a story, if a computer is personified, it might —

• be used by characters to solve a problem

• feel lonely when its owner does not use it for a few days

• be so old that it needs to be repaired frequently

• be stolen by a burglar who breaks into a house

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A person's tone of voice most likely reveals —

• his or her feelings

• the subject he or she is discussing

• his or her appearance

• the identity of the other person in the conversation

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Poets use imagery to —

• give their poetry a musical quality

• vary the length of lines in their poems

• appeal to our sense of sight, touch, hearing, taste, or smell

• organize the ideas that they want to express in their works

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The speaker in a poem is —

• the same person as the poet

• a character who is being addressed in the poem

• the reader responding to the poem

• the person talking to the reader

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

To emphasize important ideas, poets sometimes use —

• repetition

• context clues

• conflicts

• stanzas

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5