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Poetry Review. Read each question carefully and select the correct answer. Which of the following lines of poetry demonstrates alliteration ?. A. You are as sweet as a gumdrop. B. The hen ran around the pen. C. The Bouncing baby broke the beaker. Next Question. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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correct answer.
POETRY REVIEW
Which of the following lines of poetry demonstrates
alliteration?
A. You are as sweet as a gumdrop.B. The hen ran around the pen.C. The Bouncing baby broke the beaker.
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In an acrostic poem, how should the letters be arranged?A. HorizontallyB. VerticallyC. It doesn’t matter
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What is the rhyme scheme of the following excerpt from Shel
Silverstein’s poem entitled “Sick”?"I cannot go to school today,"Said little Peggy Ann McKay,
"I have the measles and the mumps,A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
A. AABBCCB. ABABABC. AABBAA
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Which of the following sets of words are ALL examples of
onomatopoeia?A. smash, carry, listenB. run, scream, slurpC. zip, bang, boom
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Which phrase is an example of a metaphor?
A. She was as cute as a button.B. He is as fast as a cheetah.C. Her voice was music to his ears.
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What is the mood of the following poem?
A. HappyB. SurprisedC. Disappointe
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I took a stroll down Cypress StreetThe hot sidewalk beneath my feet.
The one thing that stood out the mostWhere trees once stood there were lamppost.
I’d never seen so much concreteNo Cypress left on Cypress Street.
According to my Great Aunt GemThere used to be a lot of them.
They cut them down. They took their woodA treeless street is plum no good!
Just like a treeless neighborhoodSo tell the Mayor next time they meet...To change the name to Lamppost Street!
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse” is an example of a
A. SimileB. metaphorC. hyperbole
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What type of poem is the following?
A. LimerickB. HaikuC. Couplet
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Water tumbles downIn a gently flowing stream.
Over rocks it trips.
Which phrase is an example of a simile?
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A. He is a fish in the water. B. Her hair was silk. C. The sun is like a lightbulb in the sky.
Which of the following phrases is an example of personification?
A. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell. B. The rain pounded like a drum.C. The rain was as light as air.
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