U4W5 Poetry

What does the word barren mean?

• able to use things
• capable of making new things
• using all of a particular thing
• unable to produce anything

The word expression means putting thoughts or feelings...

• in danger
• aside
• out in the open
• onto a piece of paper

What are plumes?

• loud, scary noises
• big, fluffy feathers
• short, angry men  
• small, fast slides

What does the word meaningful mean?

• having a reason or purppose
• wanting answers 
• showing anger or frustartion
• needing explantion

Which of these lines uses alliteration?

• I have to run to the store.
• Alice the alligator asked for apples.
• The door slammed, BANG!
• The leaves fluttered like the wings of a bird.

Which word meaning almost the same as meter?

• rhyme
• meaning
• rhythm
• length

What is the name of a grouping of lines in a poem?

• meter
• lyric
• alliteration
• stanza

Lyric poetry sounds like a what?

• song
• book
• conversation
• warning

What message does the poet of "Words Free as Confetti" want to give reader. 

• There are many languages in this world.
• Words are as varied as pieces of confetti.
• There are many words for colors.
• There are many words.

What two things does the poet of "Dreams" compare in the first stanza?

• dreams and birds
• dreams and wings
• life without dreams and a bird that cannot fly
• life without dreams and dying birds