STAAR Poetry

Read these verses from the second stanza. Type the verse that is a simile.

What sense does the imagery in the 6th line appeal to?

• Sight

• Smell

• Sound

• Taste

• Touch

Who do you think is the speaker in this poem?

• A baby

• A child

• An adult

• A senior citizen

Onomatopoeias, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, idioms, and personification are all types of...

• figurative language

• sensory language

• genres

• media

is a big exaggeration, usually with humor.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Little Lady Icicle is waking in the north-land, 
And shaking in the north-land her pillow to and fro; 
And the hurricane a-skirling 
Sends the feathers all a-whirling 
Where little Lady Icicle is waking in the snow. 

• This stanza shows IMAGERY.

• This stanza shows SIMILE.

• A. This poem is free verse

• B. This poem is a Haiku

• C. This poem is both free verse and lyrical

• D. This poem is lyrical

• A. 6

• B. 2

• C. 3

• D. 4

• A. 4

• B. 5

• C. 6

• D. 7

• A. The last words in the first and fourth lines

• B. The last words in the first and third lines

• C. The last word in every line

• D. The last words in the second and fourth lines