Speaker's Perspective
In “Empanada Day,” who is telling about learning to make empanadas?
the young boy/narrator
In “Empanada Day,” the speaker’s mouth “purrs like a cat.” What kind of comparison is this?
simile
What type of poem does not have to follow a regular rhyme scheme or rhythm pattern?
free verse poems
In “Helicopters,” what kind of invention is the poem imagining?
What do we call a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose?
stanzas
Which words in “Empanada Day” show that the speaker is telling the experience from their own point of view: “I,” “my,” or “they”?
“I” and “my”
“My eyes wide as saucers” compares the speaker’s eyes to what?
saucers
What type of poem uses rhyming words, often at the ends of lines to create a pattern?
rhymed verse poem
In “Helicopters,” the imagined helicopter swerves “like a dragonfly.” What action does it do?
swerves (the way it's flying)
What do we call words that end with the same or similar sounds, like “place” and “chase”?
rhyming words
In “Ornithopter,” the poem describes “the pilot.” Is the speaker telling the story as the pilot, or describing the pilot from outside?
describing the pilot from outside
“A half-moon envelope of bliss” describes the empanada as what kind of comparison?
metaphor
What type of poem often has five lines and an AABBA rhyme pattern?
Limerick
In “Ornithopter,” what animal does the unusual plane bring to mind?
a bird
What kind of comparison uses the words “like” or “as”?
simile
Which poem is told by a speaker who describes a pilot and a plane rather than telling about their own experience?
Ornithopter
In “Ornithopter,” the engine is “as light as a feather.” What does this simile suggest about the engine?
that it is very light
A poem has lines of different lengths and no regular end-rhyme pattern. Which type of poem might it be?
free verse poem
In “Empanada Day,” who teaches the speaker how to make the treat?
Abuelita
What kind of comparison says one thing is another to help create an image?
metaphor
The speaker’s “stomach rumbling like a hungry bear” helps readers understand that the speaker is feeling what?
hunger
“Ornithopter” rhymes words such as “snapping” and “flapping.” Which type of poem best describes it?
rhymed verse poem
In “Empanada Day,” after the dough circles are pressed flat, what is added before the empanada is sealed?
a filling of apple slices and spices
In “Empanada Day,” the speaker’s “stomach rumbling like a hungry bear” creates a picture in the reader’s mind. What is this kind of language called?
figurative language (simile)