A
B
C
D
100

Sally has a bandage on her nose
She didn't know the door was closed!


rhythm

100

Once upon a midnight dreary
while I pondered weak and weary

rhyme

100

Fred’s friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food.

alliteration

100

Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn....

repetition

200

I walk like a turtle down the street.

simile

200

The people are cheetahs-they go fast, fast, fast!

metaphor

200

The sun smiles at me.

personification

200

A million cars on this street 

hyperbole

300

                        Rain Poem 

The rain was like a

little mouse,

Quiet, small and gray.

It pattered

all around the house

and then it went away.

What does this simile mean? “The rain was like a little mouse”

A. The rain is quiet and gray.

B. A mouse likes the rain.

C. The rain is noisy.

A. The rain is quiet and gray.

300

   Rain Poem 

The rain was like a

little mouse,

Quiet, small and gray.

It pattered

all around the house

and then it went away.

What does this personification of the rain mean?  “It pattered all around the house”

a. The rain made the mouse wet.

b. The rain quietly fell from the sky to the house.

c. The rain is gray.



b. The rain quietly fell from the sky to the house.

300

Rain Poem 

The rain was like a

little mouse,

Quiet, small and gray.

It pattered

all around the house

and then it went away.

What can you imagine seeing in the poem?

a. Gray rain

b. Quiet rain

c. A mouse


A. Gray rain

300

Rain Poem 

The rain was like a

little mouse,

Quiet, small and gray.

It pattered

all around the house

and then it went away.

What can you imagine hearing in the poem?

a. Gray rain

b. Quiet rain

c. A mouse


B. Quiet rain

400

Where do you rest? / that is best

rhyme

400

Bird, bird

repetition

400

simple songs

alliteration

400

I am so hungry that I can eat a horse.

hyperbole

500

Song of the Train 

Click-ety-clack,

Wheels on the track,

This is the way

They begin the attack:

Click-ety-clack,

Click-ety-clack,

Click-ety, clack-ety,

Click-ety-

Clack.

In this poem, an example of repetition is:

a. Click-ety-clack

b. Wheels on the track

c. They begin the attack

A. 

500

In this poem, an example of repetition is:

a. Click-ety-clack

b. Wheels on the track

c. They begin the attack

In this poem, an example of alliteration is:

a. Click-ety-clack

b. Wheels on the track

c. The attack

A.

500

Why does the author use repetition and alliteration?  What is the effect?

a. to make the poem confusing

b. to make the poem boring

c. to make the poem fun and nice to listen to

C.

500

In this poem, an example of rhyme is:

a. Click-ety-clack

b. Click-ety-clack / Wheels on the track

c. This is the way / They begin the attack:

B.