True or False. The speaker of a poem is also the author.
True
100
What is one possible theme from “Birdfoot’s Grampa”?
A. Stop and look where you’re going.
B. Humans play an important role in taking care of nature.
C. Busy people shouldn’t be concerned with little frogs.
B. Humans play an important role in taking care of nature.
100
What is the implied theme of “The Flower-fed Buffaloes”?
A. The Native Americans killed all the buffaloes
B. The American people changed the prairie forever
C. The buffaloes are no more
B. The American people changed the prairie forever
100
"Lovely Little Lady" is an example of _____________.
Alliteration
100
The main idea or overall message of a poem
Theme
200
True or False. A stanza is always three lines.
False. There is not an exact number required in a stanza.
200
An example of a poem written in free verse is…
A. “Birdfoot’s Grampa”
B. “Dreams”
C. “To James”
A. "Birdfoot's Grampa"
200
Why did the American people change the prairie forever according to "The Flower-Fed Buffaloes"?
The increase in technology and use of locomotives
200
Giving human characteristics to non-human things is _____________.
Personification
200
Why is the title of the poem “Almost Ready” ironic?
A. The boy wants to look and be cool even though he isn’t.
B. The boy wears a mask to a party.
C. The boy is taking a long time to get ready for the party
C. The boy is taking a long time to get ready for the party.
300
True or False. "Life is a barren field" is an example of a simile.
False. "Life is a barren field" is an example of a metaphor because it does not use "like" or "as"
300
In the poem “Dreams” by Langston Hughes, the line, “Life is a barren field” is an example of a
A. Stanza
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
B. Metaphor
300
In the poem, “The Flower-Fed Buffaloes”, the line
“Left us, long ago.” is an example of:
A. Verse
B. Stanza
C. Rhyme
A. Verse
300
A comparison between two unlike things that does not use "like" or "as" for the comparison.
Metaphor
300
What is the dominant repetition in "Still I Rise"?
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
I rise
400
True or False. The poem, "Birdfoot's Grampa," is written in free verse.
True.
400
The following lines from “Dreams” by Langston Hughes, is an example of a…
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
A. Verse
B. Stanza
C. Poem
A. Verse OR B. Stanza
400
What is an example of repetition in the poem “The Flower-Fed Buffaloes” by Vachel Lindsay?
A. “Wheels and wheels and wheels spin by”
B. “Left us long ago”
C. “The tossing, blooming, perfumed grass”
A. "Wheels and wheels and wheels spin by"
400
The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines. Example: June--moon.
Rhyme
400
What is the Japanese form of poetry that has 17 syllables?
Haiku
500
True or False. In the poem, "Almost Ready," the speaker is getting ready for a party.
True.
500
In the poem “Dreams” by Langston Hughes, the 2nd and 4th lines are an example of:
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
A. Rhythm
B. Rhyme
C. Repetition
B. Rhyme
500
In the poem “Almost Ready”, who is the getting ready for a party?
A. The poet
B. The Speaker
C. The Voice
B. The Speaker
500
A group of poetic lines similar to a paragraph.
Stanza
500
What can the reader infer from the lines:
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
A. The speaker’s ancestors were mistreated
B. The speaker’s ancestors were hard workers
C. The speaker’s ancestors were farmers