Elements of a Drama
Elements of Poetry
Figurative Language
Summarizing and Paraphrasing
100
(Mr. Wolf is running through the forest to Grandma’s house and reaches her door.)
What is the purpose of these lines?To show what the actors in the play are doing.
100
How many stanzas are in the poem below?
Four
100
Read the line from this poem:
"Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks."
This is an example of what figurative language:
a. Personification
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d. figurative language
b. Metaphor
100
Read the stanza:
Twisting, Breaking, Chasing
They are as powerful as
a wrecking ball, destroying
anything they touch.
Dark, Dangerous, Destructive
They are nature’s bulldozer,
angrily knocking down
EVERYTHING
in their
path.
Paraphrase the following stanza from a poem:
a. The tornadoes are the greatest powerful thing to come into existence.
b. Tornadoes are cool.
c. Tornadoes are powerful, dangerous, and destructive. They knock down everything in their path.
d. They are as powerful as a wrecking ball, destroying anything they touch. Dark, Dangerous, Destructive. They are nature’s bulldozer, angrily knocking down in their path.
c. Tornadoes are powerful, dangerous, and destructive. They knock down everything in their path.
200
The words actors say to one another is known as what?
Dialogue
200
Which line is line 10 in this poem:
like bright little lamps
200
Read the line from the play:
(Looking at Jennifer crying)
Sarah: You are my very best friend. We are like two peas in a pod. You cannot move away, I would die!!!!
This is an example of what figurative language:
a. Personification
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d. figurative language
c. Simile
200
What is the best way to paraphrase the following?
Jack had bought some magic beans and planted them. The beanstalk grew and grew until it reached up into the sky where the giant lived.
A Jack planted beans and climbed the stalk to the giant's house.
B Jack planted the beans and the beans deiced to sprout and grow and then he said he was going to climb that stalk and he then met a giant man.
C Jack got beans and climbed.
D jack met a giant after climbing the beanstalk and planting the beans.
A Jack planted beans and climbed the stalk to the giant's house.
300
(The giant wakes up, realizes what Jack had taken, and chases after him!)
What do these lines from the drama help the reader know?
What is happening on the stage.
300
True or False:
Poems have to rhyme and have to be long.
False.
300
Read this stanza:
Trees lined up like an army
on the side of the hill,
looking beautiful and worn,
clean-shaven for Winter
This is an example of what type of figurative language:
a. Personification
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d. figurative language
a. Personification
300
Read the following:
Sarah and Jennifer are best friends. They did everything together and would often walk home from school talking about the best parts of the day and plan to do their homework together. When they got to Jennifer's house Sarah's parents were there and something felt strange. Little did they know everything was about to change.
Paraphrase the following:
a. Someone was going to get hurt. I could feel it..
b. They did everything together and would often walk home from school talking about the best parts of the day and plan to do their homework together. When they got to Jennifer's house Sarah's parents were there something felt strange. Little did they know everything was about to change.
c. The girls liked to do homework together and were best friends. They had fun doing everything together.
d. Sarah and Jennifer were best friends who did everything together. When the girls got home they could feel was about to happen.
d. Sarah and Jennifer were best friends who did everything together. When the girls got home they could feel was about to happen.