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1. (Write the letters to indicate rhyme scheme at the end of each line of this poem:

Invisible Boy

And here we see the invisible boy ___

In his lovely invisible house ___

Feeding a piece of invisible cheese ___

To a little invisible mouse. ___

Oh, what a beautiful picture to see! ___

Will you draw an invisible picture for me? ___

-Shel Silverstein

(What is the rhyme scheme of the above poem? _______________

(The last two lines of the poem are an example of a ______________________________.

2. (Write the letters to indicate rhyme scheme at the end of each line of this poem:

from Hector the Collector

Hector the Collector ___

Collected bits of string, ___

Collected dolls with broken heads ___

And rusty bells that would not ring. ___

Pieces out of picture puzzles, ___

Bent-up nails and ice-cream sticks, ___

Twists of wires, worn-out tires, ___

Paper bags with broken bricks. ___

-Shel Silverstein

(What is the rhyme scheme of the above poem? _______________

3. (In the line below, circle the alliteration each time it occurs.

Pieces out of picture puzzles,

(Which letter is alliterated in the above line? _______

4. (In the line below, circle the alliteration each time it occurs.

Paper bags with broken bricks.

(Which letter is alliterated in the above line? _______

5. (Circle the internal rhyme in the lines below:

Mr. Silly Billy slept and wept upon his bed

For days on end and tried to mend his

broken heart, no longer beating red

But try as he may, today flew by anyway

With covers over his head and lovers gone astray.

Turn Over>>>

6. (Circle the following pairs of words which are examples of slant or approximate rhyme:

move/shove foot/put look/took glove/remove buckle/tackle near/wear

7. (Circle the refrain each time it occurs in the following poem:

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too

Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too

Went for a ride in a flying shoe.

“Horray!”

“What fun!”

“It’s time we flew!”

Said Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.

(Underline examples of internal rhyme.

8. (Circle the examples of onomatopoeia in the following poem:

from The Farmer and the Queen

“She’s coming,” the farmer said to the owl.

“Oh, what shall I, what shall I do?

Shall I bow when she comes?

Shall I twiddle my thumbs?”

The owl asked, “Who?”

The horse said, “Nay.”

The wren said, “Cheap.”

The dog said, “Bow.”

And so he did, and so she passed.

Oh, tra lala lala,

“She smiled, she did!” he told the sheep.

The sheep said, “Bah.”

9. (Circle the examples of onomatopoeia in the following poem:

from The Little Blue Engine

With a squeak and a creak and a toot and a sigh,

With an extra hope and an extra try,

He would not stop—now he neared the top—

And strong and proud he cried out loud,

“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!”

He was almost there, when---Crash! Smash! Bash!

He slid down and mashed into engine hash

On the rocks below. . .which goes to show

If the track is tough and the hill is rough,

THINKING you can just ain’t enough!

-Shel Silverstein

(Underline examples of internal rhyme in the above poem.

(What is the rhyme scheme of the above poem? _________________________

10. (Circle the examples of consonance in the following poem.

from Merry . . .

No one’s hangin’ stockin’s up.

No one’s bakin’ pie,

No one’s lookin’ up to see

A new star in the sky.

No one’s talkin’ brotherhood,

No one’s givin’ gifts,

And no one loves a Christmas tree

On March the twenty-fifth.

(Underline examples of alliteration. What letter(s) are alliterated?

11. (Circle the incidences of assonance in the following poem.

from Lotos-Easters

The Lotos blooms below the barren peak:

The Lotos blows every winding creek:

All day the wind breathes low with mellower tone

Thro’ every hollow cave and alley lone,

Round and round the spicy downs the yellow Lotos-dust

is blown.

-Tennyson

(Which sound/letter is assonated the most in the above poem?

12. (Circle the incidences of assonance in the following poem:

Oh, when owls eventually open the evening to their wings

Their old, wise age does once presume

To observe the opportunities of food on foot below.

(Which sound/letter is assonated the most in the above poem?

13. (Circle the examples of onomatopoeia in the following poem:

The Fourth

Oh

CRASH!

my

BASH!

It’s

BANG!

the

ZANG!

Fourth

WHOOSH!

of

BAROOM!

July

WHEW!

(What is the rhyme scheme of the above poem? ________________

14. (Circle examples of consonance in the following poem:

SKINNY

Skinny McGuinn

was so terribly thin

that while taking his bath

Sunday night,

out popped the plug

and slosh-swoosh

and glug-glug

it washed Skinny

right down the drain

out of sight.

(What letter is alliterated in line 2? ______

(What letter is alliterated in line 5? ______

(What letter is alliterated in line 6? ______

(What letter is alliterated in line 9? ______

(Provide two examples of onomatopoeia in the above poem. _____________________

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15. THE SEARCH

I went to find the pot of gold

That’s waiting where the rainbow ends.

I searched and searched and searched and searched

And searched and searched, and then---

There it was, deep in the grass,

Under an old and twisty bough.

It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s mine at last . . .

What do I search for now?

(What letter is assonated in the first line of the above poem? _______

(Lines 3 and 4 and line 7 contain a _______________.

16. (Write the letter(s)/sound(s) which is alliterated in each line on the blank next to the line:

Some of these lines contain assonance and/or consonance; indicate the letters too.

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout ____

Would not take the garbage out! ____

She’d scour the pots and scrape the pans, _____ _____

Candy the yams and spice the hams, _____ _____

And though her daddy would scream and shout, ______

She simply would not take the garbage out. _____ _____

Identifying Similes and Metaphors

 

Decide whether each sentence contains a simile or a metaphor. Write the word SIMILE if the sentence contains a simile. Write the word METAPHOR if the sentence contains a metaphor.

 

1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.

2. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"

3. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

4. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.

5. I feel like a limp dishrag.

6. Those girls are like two peas in a pod.

7. The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.

8. No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket.

9. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.

10. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.

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