Identify Types of Lines

a group of lines that might be thought of as a "paragraph" in prose; 

• refrain

• stanza

• meter

• rhythm

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Imagine you're an explorer trekking along a never-ending path, that's a line! Now, if you had to compare a short journey between two trees to something, it would be a line segment. So, what would a ray, which starts at a point and stretches infinitely in one direction, be similar to?

• Another adventurous ray.

• An endless line.

• A single point in space.

• A mysterious circle.

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

Identify the type of line that is a group of words forming a unit within a poem.

• Stanza

• Verse

• Prose

• Paragraph

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the term for a line that repeats at intervals in a poem, often at the end of a stanza?

• Refrain

• Chorus

• Verse

• Bridge

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In poetry, what is the term for a line that does not rhyme or have a regular meter?

• Free verse

• Blank verse

• Sonnet

• Haiku

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which type of line in a poem is typically unrhymed and written in iambic pentameter?

• Blank verse

• Free verse

• Limerick

• Haiku

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Identify the type of line that is a single metrical line in a poetic composition.

• Verse

• Stanza

• Prose

• Paragraph

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is the term for a line that serves as the main idea or theme in a poem?

• Thesis

• Motif

• Theme line

• Central line

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

In literature, what is the term for a line that provides a vivid description or imagery?

• Imagery line

• Descriptive line

• Vivid line

• Imagistic line

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the term for a line that introduces a character or setting in a story?

• Exposition line

• Introduction line

• Opening line

• Prologue line

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5