Who is it?
Name That Poem
General Questions
General Questions
Poetry Elements
100

What is the main character's name?

Jack

100

What is the 1st poem that Jack reads in class?

A. The Tiger

B. Street Music

C. The Red Wheelbarrow

The Red Wheelbarrow

100

What color is Jacks dog?

Yellow

100

What does anonymous mean? Remember he told his teacher to leave his poem anonymous...

unknown

100

Jack's dog use to chomp...

A. Flies

B. Flowers

C. Shoes

Flies

200

Who is Jack's teacher?

A. Mr. Hartman

B. Miss Stretchberry

C. Miss Appleberry 

Miss Stretchberry

200

Name one of Robert Frost's poems.

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

The Pasture

200

Why doesn't Jack want to write poetry in the beginning of the book?

A. He doesn't like to write

B. He thinks it's for girls

C. He rather read a poem

He thinks it is for girls.

200

What does inspired mean?

to be filled with the urge to do something, especially something creative

200

what is it when a line has repeating words?

A. Simile

B. Repetition

C. Metaphor

repetition

300

Who took Jack to the Animal Protection Shelter?

A. His mom

B. His Dad

C. His Grandpa

His dad

300

What Walter Dean Myers poem did Jack copy and hang above his bed? 

Love That Boy

300

Do ALL poems need to rhyme? 

A. Yes 

B. No

No

300

What did Miss Stretchberry do to make Jack's poem about the blue car look nice?

A.  She copied it over using calligraphy

B.  She copied it on paper with cars around the border

C.  She typed it on blue paper

She types up Jacks Poem on a blue paper 

300

In Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods" he uses two words that have the same ending sound "year and near", these two words...

A. Rhyme

B. Mean the same thing

C. are opposites

rhyme

400

What was the name of the poet that confused Jack so much and said "I shan't be gone long, you come too"

Robert Frost

400

What shape was the concrete poem that Jack liked?

apple

400

What did Jack ask Walter Dean Myers in the first letter that he wrote?

A. If he would come visit his class

B. If he's married

C. If he has kids

If would he come to visit his class

400

What treat does Mrs. Stretchberry make for her class?

A. Fruit Salad

B. Sandwiches 

C. Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate Brownies

400

What is a poem written with not rhyme or clear rhythm?

A. A book

B. Free Verse

C. a short story

free verse

500

Who was the poet the Jack thought was the best best BEST poet ever?

Mr. Walter Dean Myers

500

Which poem did Jack like that reminded him of his yellow dog?

dog

500

In his "Love That Dog" poem, Jack said he loved his dog like a....

bird loves to fly

500

What was the title of Jack's shape poem?

A. My Yellow Dog

B. My Red Cat

C. My Dog Sky 

My Yellow Dog

500

What's one way a poet can write poets by using lines only is a....

A. Stanza

B. Giraffe

C. Free verse

stanzas