Rhyme Scheme
What letter do you always start with when labeling rhyme scheme?
A
What does the R and A stand for in RACECon?
Restate and Answer
To exaggerate
Hyperbole
What is the term for groups of lines in a poem?
Stanzas
What is the main ingredient in hummus?
Chickpeas
What is the rhyme scheme?
Twinkle Twinle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
AABB
What is a hook?
A part of an essay that captures the reader's attention.
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
Poems are not written in sentences and paragraphs, they are written in _______ and ________
Lines and stanzas
What is the world's largest mammal?
Blue whale
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
The kite flew high above the trees
It dipped and danced so bright and blue
The children laughed beside the stream
A robin sang a cheerful tune
The sunlight shimmered like a dream
ABCBC
What do you need to put around direct evidence from the text?
Quotation marks
She sells seashells by the seashore.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Alliteration
Poetry often includes ____________ _________ to make it more descriptive
What is Figurative language
Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
William Shakespeare
TRUE or FALSE: Two lines can have the same rhyme letter even if the words are not exactly the same spelling.
True
Restate and answer this question.
Who is the principal of MLK Middle School?
The principal at MLK Middle School is Ms. Overton.
The classroom is a zoo. What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
How many stanza breaks are in this poem?
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
2
How many bones do adult humans have? I will give points the team closest without going over.
206
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
The moon glows in the sky
The stars are shining bright
An owl begins to fly
Across the peaceful night
ABAB
What is the last paragraph of an essay called?
A conclusion
What type of figurative language is being used here?
He is a couch potato.
Write down 5 words that rhyme with Socks.
Rocks, fox, locks, knocks, pox
What is the fraction 3/4 written as a decimal?
0.75