Types of Genres Including Poetry

Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of poetry?

• It is musical, melodic, and rhythmical.

• It makes use of language that is metaphorical or symbolic, not direct.

• It is less concentrated than prose

• It makes use of brevity and conciseness.

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Which category of poetry aims to tell stories?

• Narrative poems

• Dramatic Poems

• Lyric Poems

• Poetic Poems

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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CCSS.RL.8.5

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Haikus are classified under what category of poetry?

• Narrative poems

• Dramatic Poems

• Lyric Poems

• Poetic Poems

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Which element of poetry refers to the literal representation of an experience or object that is perceived through the senses?

• Sound

• Figurative Language

• Persona

• Imagery

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Which element of poetry refers to speaker of the poem?

• Sound

• Figurative Language

• Persona

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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CCSS.RL.8.5

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What figure of speech is employed in the following line?

“…cold, collecting, calculating, crowd… “

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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The first line in the poem goes “more than half of my life”.

This may signify that the persona is _______.

• an infant

• an adult

• a child

• a teenager

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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CCSS.RL.8.5

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In the poem, what is being referred to as the “lost objects” being searched by the persona?

• Random objects

• Lover once lost

• Temporary happiness

• Money spent

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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What do the following line signify?

“… and so when i finally go…”

• She will buy something.

• She is going to die.

• She is going for a vacation.

• She will go to another country

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What does the underlined word, from the poem, mean?

"… keep vault unlidded…"

• Money Depositor

• Treasure box

• Delivery box

• Coffin

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