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A prefix is a word part. It appears at the beginning of a word. What does the prefix "re" mean?
What is back, again?
100
What is a synonym?
What is a word that means the same or nearly the same?
100
What does the idiom "I need to get some shut eye" mean?
What is "I need to get some sleep"?
100
This form of poetry tells a story. It has a setting, characters and shows a sequence of events just as fiction does.
What is Narrative Poetry?
100
What element of poetry means repeating? An example would be when a poet repeats a line or group of words in a poem.
What is Repetition?
200
A suffix is a word part that is added after a word or root to change its meaning. What does the suffix "er" mean?
What is a person who does something?
200
What is an antonym?
What is a word that means the opposite?
200
What does the idiom "You must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed" mean?
What is "in a bad mood"?
200
This type of poem expresses the poet's strong feelings and emotions about a subject. They do not tell a story. Songs you hear or sing are often forms of this type of poem.
What is Lyric Poetry?
200
This element of poetry is a kind of repetition. The poet repeats the same sound at the beginning of a group of words to create a pleasing musical sound. For example: "the sun sank softly." /s/ sound is repeated. What type of repetition is this?
What is Alliteration?
300
What prefix would be added to the word "pleased" to make it mean not happy?
What is "displeased"?
300
The word pairs "thankful is to greatful" are synonyms. What is "happy is to ____________"?
What is cheerful?
300
What does the idiom "watching him just tickled my funny bone"?
What is "funny or amusing"?
300
This type of poem does not have a set rhythm or rhyme scheme. It creates vivid word pictures.
What is Free Verse Poetry?
300
What element of poetry is the beat of a poem? It's the way a poem sounds. The beat is created by a regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables. Ex: I'm going out to Smedleyville and there I"ll meet my brother Will.
What is Rhythm?
400
What suffix is added to the word "love" to make it mean appealing or likeable?
What is "able"? (loveable)
400
The word pairs "crooked is to straight" are antonyms. "difficult is to ___________"?
What is "easy"?
400
What does the idiom "she's always on the ball" mean?
What is "efficient or confident or got it together"
400
The Mysterious Egg (by Jennifer Mann) The farm slept through the gusty storm all tucked away insider and warm while rafters shook and hinges squeaked, shutters banged and branches creaked. Based on this first stanza what type of poem is this?
What is a Narrative Poem?
400
This element of poetry is a special way of repeating sounds at the end of words. For example: hear and clear both have "ear" as a sound. What is this element?
What is Rhyme?
500
Are you named after anyone famous? Another word for famous could be?
What is well-known or popular?
500
Under is to beneath as above is to _____________?
What is "over"?
500
What is the meaning of the idiom "getting on in years" mean?
What is "getting older mean?"
500
Words Free As Confetti (by Pat Mora) Come words, come in your every color. I'll toss you in storm or breeze. I'll say, say, say you, taste you sweet as plump plums, bitter as old lemons. I'll sniff you, words, warm as almonds or tart as apple red, feel you green, and soft as new grass. The poet's main purpose is to express her feelings about-?
What is express her feelings about words?
500
Kitten on the Keys (by Robert Hallmann) (1) It trod on those, it trod on these, That little kitten on the keys. Punctuation marks help readers read lines of poetry. What should the reader do at the end of line 1?
The reader should "pause" at the end of line 1 since it ends has a comma.