Poetry Notes

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.

• Words that sound alike.

• An exaggeration.

• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration? 

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

How  is  poetry  written?  (structure)

• a)  Sentences & paragraphs

• b)  Sentences 

• c)  Lines & paragraphs

• d)  Lines & stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The sun smiled after the rain stopped. 

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing. 

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3