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POETRY PRE-ASSESSMENT
Part A
Answer questions #3-8 using the poem below, Feelings Alive by Carol Peck.
Feelings Alive
By Carol Peck
When Im happy, Im like a big red balloon,
When Im excited, Im like a rocket roaring to the moon
And I soar way up in the blue!
But when Im grumpy, Im like an old wrinkled prune
And when Im sad, Im like a flute with no tune;
Its okay to feel that way tooThese are all kinds of feeling in you!
Answer questions 9-13 using the poem below, April Rain Song by Langston Hughes.
April Rain Song
By Langston Hughes
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.
9. What repetition is created in this poem? ___________________________________________
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10. How many stanzas are there? ____________________________________________________
11. How many lines are there? _______________________________________________________
12. Is Let the rain sing you a lullaby, an example of a simile or a metaphor? Explain.
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13. What is the mood or tone of this poem? What clues are given to help you draw that
conclusion? ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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POETRY PRE-ASSESSMENT
Part B
CIRCLE the
words you
remember
hearing
before.
1.
Allusion
2.
Alliteration
3.
Assonance
4.
Consonance
5.
Hyperbole
6.
Idiom
7.
Imagery
AND
GIVE EXAMPLE
CIRCLE the
words you
remember
hearing
before.
8.
Onomatopoeia
9.
Oxymoron
10.
Paradox
11.
Personification
12.
Pun
13.
Symbolism
14.
Understatement
AND
GIVE EXAMPLE
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POETRY PRE-ASSESSMENT
Part C
The Cow
by Robert Louis Stevenson
u
/
Lets eat
u
/
Lets sleep
B. Dactylic
C. Iambic
D. Spondaic
E. Trochaic
Gerbil, Gerbil, On the Run [Excerpt]
By Kenn Nesbitt
4. Use u to mark unstressed syllables and / to mark stressed syllables in the stanza
below. Make these marks above the typed text.
EXAMPLE:
u
/
Lets eat
u
/
Lets sleep
6. What word describes the metrical foot used in Gerbil, Gerbil, On the Run?
A. Anapestic
B. Dactylic
C. Iambic
D. Spondaic
E. Trochaic
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POETRY PRE-ASSESSMENT
Part D
Read the poem. Then, identify the type of poem and explain why it is that type of
poem.
1.
A. Cinquain
D. Haiku
B. Couplet
E. Limerick
C. Diamonte
F. Free Verse
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2.
Tolerance
By Cate Sanazaro
Prejudice,
Small-minded, Hateful,
Disliking, Ignoring, Hurting
Ignorant, Resentful, Open-hearted, Worldly
Learning, Inviting, Loving,
Brilliant, Moral
Acceptance
A. Cinquain
D. Haiku
B. Couplet
E. Limerick
C. Diamonte
F. Free Verse
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Read the poem. Then, identify the type of poem and explain why it is that type of
poem.
My Fathers Eyes
3.
By Sonia Sanchez
A. Cinquain
D. Haiku
B. Couplet
E. Limerick
C. Diamonte
F. Free Verse
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Fog
4.
By Carl Sandburg
A. Cinquain
D. Haiku
B. Couplet
E. Limerick
C. Diamonte
F. Free Verse
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Read the poem. Then, identify the type of poem and explain why it is that type of
poem.
Goose and Moose
5.
By Denise Rodgers
A. Cinquain
D. Haiku
B. Couplet
E. Limerick
C. Diamonte
F. Free Verse
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6.
By Marian Swinger
Leaves flare,
orange, yellow
red. Trees blaze briefly and
gloriously before the long
A. Cinquain
D. Haiku
B. Couplet
E. Limerick
C. Diamonte
F. Free Verse
winter.
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OPTIONAL:
** Use the space below to add any knowledge do you have about poetry, not covered
in this pretest that you would like to share?
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