Elements of Poetry Review

What is the primary purpose of a stanza in poetry?

• To list the author's credentials

• To group lines with a common idea

• To create a rhyme scheme

• To add punctuation

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How can skipping punctuation affect a poem?

• It makes the poem longer

• It makes the poem feel faster or more open-ended

• It confuses the reader

• It emphasizes every word

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Why do poets use rhyme and repetition?

• To create rhythm and sound patterns

• To confuse the reader

• To make the poem longer

• To avoid using metaphors

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the idiom "under the weather" mean?

• Feeling happy

• Feeling sick

• Feeling excited

• Feeling tired

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the symbol "light" represent?

• Love

• Peace

• Hope

• Journey

Which sentence is an example of a metaphor?

• The night was as dark as coal.

• The classroom was a zoo.

• She danced like a leaf in the wind.

• The cake was sweet as honey.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is NOT an example of hyperbole?

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• She has told me a million times to be on time to class.

• It was just yesterday she started kindergarten.

• Original copy

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following is a characteristic of an oxymoron?

• Uses extreme exaggeration

• Combines two contradictory terms

• Makes a comparison using "like" or "as"

• Gives human traits to non-human things

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device is used in the sentence: "As I gazed through the gloom of the foggy night air"?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a stanza?

• 2 lines that rhyme

• 4 lines that rhyme

• a group of lines in a poem

• a group of lines in a paragraph

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10