Poetry
Which of the following is a simile?
a) He is as blind as a bat.
b) He is a brat.
c) Bats are active at night.
a) He is as blind as a bat.
What is a stanza?
A stanza is a group of lines.
Help Francisco improve this sentence.
After the game snacks we did get.
After the game we did get snacks.
OR
We did get snacks after the game.
What change is needed in the sentence?
All of my friends gets to go to the pool on the weekend.
Change gets to get.
What is the most effective revision to make in the sentence?
Playing with the puppies he wanted to after school.
He wanted to play with the puppies after school.
Which is an example of a simile?
a) The wind screamed through the night.
b) The wind and rain kept me awake all night.
c) Mom said my room is as clean as a whistle.
c) Mom said my room is as clean as a whistle.
What figurative language is this an example of?
Mom said, "I've told you 20,000 times not to leave the fridge open."
Hyperbole
Declan has included an extraneous sentence in the paragraph. Which should be deleted?
1) Declan loves to play soccer with his friends. 2.) Every weekend, he goes with his friends to the park to play. 3) Last summer, they all went to the beach.
3) Last summer, they all went to the beach.
What change is needed in the sentence?
My sisters friends spend the night and stay up all night making noise.
a) Change the period to a question mark.
b) Change sisters to sister's.
c) Change stay to staying.
b) Change sisters to sister's.
What type of poem has no rules?
Free Verse
How do you know when you are reading poetry?
There are lines and stanzas instead of sentences and paragraphs.
Which of the following rhyme?
a) game, light
b) staying, praying
c) gross, closet
b) staying, praying
What is the best transition to use before the third sentence.
1) I stayed up late studying for my test. 2) I got my friend to quiz me. 3) I did not do very well on the test.
However,
What correction needs to be made in the sentence?
Every weekend, my family goes to the beach with my cousins and they love to play in the waves.
Every weekend, my family goes to the beach with my cousins, and they love to play in the waves.
Which kind of figurative language is this?
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
What is imagery?
The author is trying to appeal to the reader's sense of taste, touch, smell, hearing, or sight to help him get pictures in his mind.
Which sense is the author using to create images?
All night long
The faucet shouted, "drip, drip, drip"
The poet is appealing to the reader's sense of hearing.
The word, "much" is not the right word to use in sentence 2. Which word should replace "much"?
1) The little boy started banging on the pots and pans while Mom was making dinner. 2) Mom told him that he was being too much.
Loud or noisy
What should be changed in the sentence?
My cousins get into my toys, eat my favorite snacks and make a lot of noise.
Add a comma after snacks.
My cousins get into my toys, eat my favorite snacks, and make a lot of noise.
Which line rhymes with line 1?
1)The wind whistled and the branches began to dance
2)The shadows created pictures on the walls
3) The screeching of the wind kept me awake
4) I decided to get out of bed and take a chance
4) I decided to get out of bed and take a chance
Which type of poetry is songlike?
Lyrical
What figurative language is being used?
The branches screeched against the windows.
Onomatopoeia
What is the best way to combine sentences 5 and 6?
5) He knew the answer. 6) He did not want to say it.
He knew the answer, yet he did not want to say it.
OR
He knew the answer, but he did not want to say it.
What change is needed in the sentence?
The kids toys were everywhere, and Mom was not happy about it.
The kids' toys were everywhere, and Mom was not happy about it.
What change needs to be made in the sentence?
My family loves to go skiing in the Winter.
My family loves to go skiing in the winter.