Read Across America Day Poetry

What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."

• Refrain

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Simile

To pace yourself when reading poetry, it is important to take note of punctuation to help choose your intonation. What might "intonation" means?

• Your attitude

• The atmosphere

• The tone/pitch of your voice

• Your feeling

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.

• Words that sound alike.

• An exaggeration.

• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

in a poem, two lines that form a unit; usually, they rhyme and have the same rhythm

• couplet

• free verse

• rhyme scheme

• haiku

a poem or song that tells a story using short stanzas

• ballad

• limerick

• concrete poem

• haiku

poetry that does not rhyme or follow a regular meter

• free verse

• couplet

• sonnet

• limerick

a funny, five line poem with the rhyme scheme "aabba"

• limerick

• quatrain

• meter

• rhyme scheme

in poetry, a set rhythmic pattern

• quatrain

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• meter

a four-line verse, stanza, or poem

• quatrain

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• meter

What is the primary purpose of Read Across America Day?

• To celebrate American history

• To promote reading among children

• To honor famous poets

• To encourage writing poetry