POETRY ASSESSMENT REVIEW……..

A. What is the rhyme pattern in the poetry example below?

I am freezing! I am freezingFrom my bottom to my top,All my teeth are clacking madlyAnd I cannot make them stop.

Oh I cannot feel my fingers,And I cannot feel my toes,Now my cheeks are frozen solid,And I think I’ve lost my nose.

Which lines rhyme? All four? First and second? Third and fourth? First and third? Second and fourth?

Poetry can often appeal to your five senses…what sense does the poem above appeal to?

B. What is alliteration? Give and example of alliteration

C. What is a simile? Give an example of a simile

D. What is a metaphor? Give an example of a metaphor

E. What is Onomatopoeia? Give and example of Onomatopoeia

F. Many students get the following vocabulary words mixed up.

Hyperbole What is hyperbole?

Give an example of a hyperbole.

Idiom What is an idiom?

Write one that you have heard before.

G. Stanzas are:

H. What is mood?

I. What is the mood of the poem below, written by Jack Prelutsky?

I’m a fine head of lettuceA handsome romaineI haven’t a cranium

Made for a brain

I’m simple and shyI remain on my own

I’m known in the gardenAs lettuce alone

a. Humorous b. serious c. Sentimental d. disgusted

Poetry ReviewRemember to consider the following when

comparing and contrasting: How are the topic of the poems different and

alike? Are there examples of figurative language

(metaphors, similes…etc…) in both? Do both poems have rhyme and repetition?

(same rhyming pattern?)