Poetry
This poem has 3 lines and follows a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
What is a haiku?
Choose the correct word:
Everyone in the class ___ ready.
What is is?
What punctuation ends a question?
Answer: What is a question mark (?)?
Who's perspective is The Outsiders based on?
Answer: Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
What are context clues used for?
A. To memorize spelling words
B. To figure out the meaning of unknown words in a sentence
C. To change the meaning of a story
D. To find grammar mistakes
Answer: B. To figure out the meaning of unknown words in a sentence
This type of poem has 5 lines and usually follows the rhyme scheme AABBA.
What is a limerick?
Fix this sentence:
i went to california last summer
Answer: What is I went to California last summer?
What punctuation ends an excited sentence?
Answer: What is an exclamation point (!)?
What group does Ponyboy belong to?
Answer: Who are the Greasers?
Read the sentence:
“The weather was frigid, so we wore heavy coats and gloves.”
What does frigid most likely mean?
A. Warm
B. Very cold
C. Rainy
D. Windy
Answer: B. Very cold
This type of poem tells a story and is often passed down through generations.
What is a ballad?
Which sentence is correct?
A. The dogs runs fast in the yard.
B. The dogs run fast in the yard.
C. The dog run fast in the yard.
D. The dogs running fast in the yard.
Answer: B. The dogs run fast in the yard.
What is this punctuation called?
What is a semicolon?
What is the name of the rival group?
Answer: Who are the Socs?
Read the sentence:
“The puppy was so playful that it kept running and jumping around the room.”
What does playful mean?
A. Sleepy
B. Angry
C. Active and fun
D. Quiet
Answer: C. Active and fun
The central message or lesson of a poem.
What is a theme?
Verb Tense
Choose the correct sentence:
A. Yesterday, I go to the store.
B. Yesterday, I gone to the store.
C. Yesterday, I went to the store.
D. Yesterday, I going to the store.
Answer: C. Yesterday, I went to the store.
Add punctuation:
The students brought pencils notebooks and folders
Answer: What is "The students brought pencils, notebooks, and folders."?
In the hospital, Johnny tells Ponyboy to "____ ____."
Answer: What is Stay gold?
Read the sentence:
“The scientist was very meticulous; she checked every detail twice to make sure nothing was wrong.”
What does meticulous mean?
A. Careless
B. Very careful and detailed
C. Fast and rushed
D. Confused
Answer: B. Very careful and detailed
Read the poem:
Dark clouds covered the sky,
Thunder growled in the distance.
What is the tone of this poem?
What is gloomy, serious, or suspenseful?
Which sentence uses pronouns correctly?
A. Me and her went to the park.
B. Her and I went to the park.
C. She and I went to the park.
D. I and she went to the park.
Answer: C. She and I went to the park.c
Add the punctuations :
He screamed Did you take my seat
What is He screamed, "Did you take my seat?"
Why were Ponyboy and Johnny hiding in the church?
What is,
They were hiding in the abandoned church after Johnny killed Bob to protect Ponyboy. They were trying to avoid being caught by the police.
Read the sentence:
“The teacher was lenient, so she gave the students extra time to finish their test and didn’t take off many points for mistakes.”
What does lenient most likely mean?
A. Strict and harsh
B. Fair but very demanding
C. Not very strict and forgiving
D. Confused and unsure
Answer: C. Not very strict and forgiving