Spelling Multiple Choice
Which of these words is spelled correctly?
a. absence
b. absance
a. absence
balence
balance
distanse
distance
This word means "having a meaning or purpose."
meaningful
True or false.
The word "expression" means putting thoughts or feelings out in the open.
True
True or false.
Narrative Poetry is a poem that tells a story.
True.
Which of these words is spelled incorrectly and how should it be spelled?
a. brillence
b. important
a. brillience
it should be "brilliance"
ambulence
ambulance
residance
residence
This word means "big, fluffy feathers or feathery parts."
plumes
What does lyric poetry sound like?
a song
What is the message of "Words Free as Confetti?"
Words are as varied as pieces of confetti.
Which of these words is spelled correctly?
a. resistence
b. resistanse
c. resistance
d. resistense
c. resistance
radience
radiance
substense
substance
This word means "a short poem that expresses personal feelings."
lyric
Give an example of alliteration.
"Alice the alligator asked for apples." or "Sally sells seashells at the seashore."
(answers may vary)
What two things does "Dreams" compare in the first stanza?
life without dreams and a bird that cannot fly
Which of these words is spelled incorrectly and how should it be spelled?
a. dependence
b. attendence
c. performance
b. attendence
It is spelled "attendance"
performence
performance
disterbanse
disturbance
This word means "a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables."
meter
rhythm
What two things does the poet of "Dreams" compare in the second stanza?
life without dreams and a frozen field
Which of these words is spelled incorrectly and how should it be spelled?
a. assistance
b. hesitence
c. brilliance
b. hesitence
(it should be spelled as "hesitance")
ignorense
ignorance
apeerance
appearance
This word means "the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a group of words."
allliteration
This word means "not able to produce anything."
barren
Why does the author use repetition in these lines?
"I'll say, say, say youThey use repetition for emphasis.
Which of these words is spelled correctly?
a. assistance
b. reluctance
c. dependence
all of them are correct
presistance
persistence
relucktence
reluctance
This word means "a group of lines in a poem."
stanza
What does "expression" mean?
the act of putting thoughts or feelings into words or actions
(answers may vary)
How are "Words Free as Confetti" and "Dreams" alike?
They both focus on something that is meaningful.