Name_________________________________
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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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