4th Grade Poetry 1
4th Grade Poetry 2
4th Grade
Poetry 3
4th Grade Poetry 4
100

I felt a stirring as my soul came awake,

As the steed stood silent on the shore of the lake.

Sadly I watched as its head gave a quick jerk.

The great horse ran off, and I got back to work.

How many lines are in this stanza?

4

100

Read this line.

“The sun above was a big ball of fire” (line 3)

What does ball mean in this context?

A: a part of the foot

B: a solid round shape

C: dancing

B

100

What type of poem does not follow a rhyming pattern?

free verse

100

What is a stanza?

A group of lines in a poem
(a paragraph of a poem)

200

I was the only one who saw it, out by the lake,

This creature, such beauty, caused a double take.

A black patch on its forehead, shining mane, bright white coat,

Like a field of snow in some place remote.

How many syllables are in the last line?

10 syllables

200

Is this a simile?

Her mind was an encyclopedia.

No

200

What is imagery?

Words that help you create a picture in your brain
200

This is an example of what poetic device?

The cat sat on the mat

Rhyming
300

What does setting mean?

where and when the story takes place

300

True or False

A metaphor is a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things but does NOT use like or as.

True

300

TRUE OR FALSE: Words with aliteration have to rhyme.

FALSE

300

What is this an example of? 

I was as happy as a clam

Simile

400

True or False

Rhyme is two or more words that have the same middle and end sound

True

400

Read the lines.

"A black patch on its forehead, shining mane, bright white coat, 

Like a field of snow in some place remote.” (lines 7-8)

What does the word remote mean in this context?

A: distant

B: mean

C: tool

A

400

The type of poem that has end rhyme and has a lot of feeling or emotion is a...

Haiku

Limerick

Lyric

lyric poem

400

Boom!....Pow!... are examples of what?

Onomatopoeia

500

What is an inference?

An educated guess using evidence from the text and your background knowledge.

500

I was the only one who saw it, out by the lake,

This creature, such beauty, caused a double take.

A black patch on its forehead, shining mane, bright white coat,

Like a field of snow in some place remote.

Which words are the end-rhyme in this stanza?

lake/take, remote/coat

500

When poets use words that cause us to have feelings, what is that called?

Simile

Inference

Mood

mood

500

What poetic device is this an example of?


The classroom was a zoo

Metaphor

600

A genre of writing that often has rhyme, uses figurative language, can cause the reader to have feelings, and has stanzas.

Poetry

600

Give an example of aliteration.

Student answers vary.

600

Trouble is the name of my dog.

         She hops and jumps like a frog.

         She tears up our shoes.

         On sofas she chews.

5       I wish she’d sit still like a log.


Who is trouble?

The speaker's dog

600

What are the five senses?

Touch, Taste, Hear, Smell, See

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