Read Across America Day Poetry

What is the rhyme pattern of the stanza in the picture?

• ABCD

• ABCB

• ABAB

I do not like them in a box.

I do not like them with a fox.

I will not eat them in a house.

I do not like them with a mouse.

I do not like them here or there.

I do not like them ANYWHERE

This is an example of

• idiom

• hyperbole

• refrain

In the story "Oh the Places You Will Go" the phrase "Kid, you'll move mountains" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• stanza

• refrain

"You're a bad banana, with greasy black peel." is an example of....

• similie

• metaphor

• idiom

• refrain

In the poem "The Tyger" by William Blake, what question does the poet repeatedly ask about the tiger?

• Where does the tiger live?

• What does the tiger eat?

• Who created the tiger?

• How fast can the tiger run?

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Analyze the following lines from a poem: "The leaves danced in the wind, whispering secrets of the forest." What literary device is being used here?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Consider the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling. What advice does the poet give about dealing with triumph and disaster?

• To celebrate triumph and avoid disaster.

• To treat both triumph and disaster the same.

• To fear disaster and seek triumph.

• To ignore both triumph and disaster.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

What is the primary focus of Free Verse poetry?

• Humor and fun

• Nature and seasons

• Personal expression and natural speech

• Strict syllable count

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

In the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, the poet talks about two roads diverging in a wood. What do the two roads symbolize?

• Two different seasons.

• Two different choices in life.

• Two different countries.

• Two different times of the day.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

In the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, what is the effect of the made-up words on the reader?

• They confuse the reader.

• They create a sense of whimsy and imagination.

• They make the poem difficult to understand.

• They make the poem sound scientific.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking