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POETR Y QUIZ #3 (20 PTS )

1. CREATE 3 SIMILES COMPARING SCHOOL TO AN OBJECT.

2. WRITE 3 SENTENCES USING IMAGERY ABOUT YOUR

FAVORITE FOOD.

3. WRITE A POEM ABOUT POTATO CHIPS USING

ONOMATOPOEIA.
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POE TR Y T ES T

“FLAMING POETRY”

POETRY IS LIKE FLAMES

WHICH ARE SWIFT AND ELUSIVE
DODGING REALIZATION

SPARKS, LIKE WORDS ON THE PAPER,

LEAP, DANCE, JUMP
SNAP, CRACKLE, POP
IN THE FLICKERING FIRELIGHT.

THE FIERY TONGUES

FORMLESS AND SHIFTING SHAPERS
TEASE THE IMAGINATION.

YET FOR THOSE WHO SEE,

THROUGH THE MIND’S EYE,
THEY BURN UP THE PAGE.

My English class is like hell.

A round, black clock sits alone on a yellow wall.
Tick tock tick tock…
Its arms run painstakingly slow minute by minute.

The room is as small as a mouse.

Millions of books in hues of the rainbow lay all over the room.
The teacher testily tells Tom the test’s tomorrow not today.
When will this class ever end.
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DIRECTIONS: IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

POETIC ELEMENTS IN THE POEM “FLAMING POETRY.”

1. SIMILES:
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2. IMAGERY:
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3. PERSONIFICATION:
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4. ALLITERATION:________________________________________________
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5. ONOMATOPOEIA:
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6. How many stanzas make up the poem? _________________

7. How many lines make up the poem? ___________________