Exploring Elements of Poetry

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The garden was a rainbow of colors.

• He was as slow as a snail.

• The flowers were candy to my eyes.

• The cat and dog read their book quietly.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Identify the example of alliteration from the options below.

• Chirp, chirp, cheep went the birds.

• Four friends found free food!

• The mountains looked like hills in the distance.

• Dinner smelled like grandma’s lasagna.

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following lines best illustrates personification?

• The cat and dog read their book quietly.

• The garden was a rainbow of colors.

• He was as slow as a snail.

• Bumble Bee is small.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Choose the example that best represents onomatopoeia.

• The flowers were candy to my eyes.

• Chirp, chirp, cheep went the birds.

• Four friends found free food!

• The garden was a rainbow of colors.

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following is an example of imagery?

• The garden was a rainbow of colors.

• He was as slow as a snail.

• Dinner smelled like grandma’s lasagna.

• Four friends found free food!

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Identify the example of repetition from the options below.

• Bumble Bee is small. Bumble Bee is kind.

• The garden was a rainbow of colors.

• Chirp, chirp, cheep went the birds.

• He was as slow as a snail.

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following examples best illustrates a metaphor?

• The garden was a rainbow of colors.

• He was as slow as a snail.

• Four friends found free food!

• Chirp, chirp, cheep went the birds.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following lines demonstrates rhyme?

• Pen, Ten

• The garden was a rainbow of colors.

• The cat and dog read their book quietly.

• Dinner smelled like grandma’s lasagna.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Identify the example that best represents rhythm.

• One little duck went swimming one day, over the hill and far away.

• The garden was a rainbow of colors.

• He was as slow as a snail.

• Chirp, chirp, cheep went the birds.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the following is an example of a stanza?

• A group of lines in a poem.

• A single line of words in a poem.

• Words that end in the same sound.

• Repeats the same sounds, words, phrases, or lines.

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5