MRS. DILLINGHAM’S POETRY CORNER

 

 

Konika Dillingham

Kmalone8@jefferson.k12.ky.us

Grade Level:  6th

Subject:  Language Arts

Topic:  Poetry

Subject Standards:  KY standards:  RD-06-5.0.3 DOK 2

Technology Standards: I, II, III, IV

 

Now that we have completed our unit on poetry, you will use this activity as a review for our test.

 

Directions:  Click on each link to answer each question as a review for our test.  Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper to turn in.

 

1.      What is a simile?

 

2.      What is a metaphor?

 

3.      Write one example of a simile.

 

4.      Write one example of a metaphor.

 

5.      What is hyperbole?

 

6.      Write one example of a hyperbole.

 

7.      What is poetry?

 

8.      What is definition of onomatopoeia?

 

9.      What is the definition of alliteration?

 

10.What is the definition of personification?

 

 

Follow-Up Activity:

 

Directions:  Answer each question on a separate sheet of paper as a review for your test.

 

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

a) No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.

b) A simile is more descriptive.

c) A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn't.

d) A similie must use animales in the comparison.

 

3) Which represents an example of alliteration?

a) Language Arts

b) Peter Piper Picked Peppers

c) I like music.

d) A beautiful scenery with music

 

5) The theme is ...?

a) a plot.

b) an character

c) an address

d) the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.

 

7) Which is not a poetry form?

a) epic

b) tale

c) ballad

d) sonnet

 

9) Which is an exaggeration?

a) Alliteration

b) Haiku

c) Hyperbole

d) Prose

 

2) What is the word for a "play on words"?

a) pun

b) simile

c) haiku

d) metaphor

 

4) What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?

a) Personification

b) Hyperboles

c) Alliteration

d) Onomatopoeia

 

6) Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem.

a) characters, main idea, and theme

b) purpose and audience

c) theme, purpose, form, and mood.

d) rhyme and reason

 

8) Which is an example of a proverb?

a) Get a "stake" in our business.

b) You can't have your cake and eat it, too

c) The snow was white as cotton.

d) You're driving me crazy.

 

10)Which of the following is not a poet?

a) William Shakespeare

b) Terry Saylor

c) Elizabeth B. Browning

d) Emily Dickinson