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Fifth Grade (Grade 5) Poetry Questions

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Grade 5 Poetry
There once was a man from Peru,
Who dreamed of eating his shoe,
He awoke with a fright,
In the middle of the night,
And found that his dream had come true!

What type of poem is this?
  1. Limerick
  2. Couplet
  3. Haiku
  4. Acrostic
Grade 5 Poetry
Identify the type of poetry:

The mountain frames the sky
As a shadow of an eagle flies by.
With clouds hanging at its edge
A climber proves his courage on its rocky ledge.
  1. Cinquain
  2. Acrostic
  3. Quatrain
  4. Haiku
Grade 5 The Road Less Traveled

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What is the theme of this poem?
  1. giving up hope
  2. making a difficult choice
  3. enjoying the present moment
  4. having the courage to fight for something you believe in
Grade 5 The Road Less Traveled

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The speaker of the poem wishes that he or she did not have to make a choice between the roads.

What lines from the poem support this statement?
  1. And sorry I could not travel both/And be one traveler, long I stood
  2. Though as for that, the passing there/Had worn them really about the same
  3. And both that morning equally lay/In leaves no step had trodden black
  4. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,/I took the one less traveled by
Grade 5 The Road Less Traveled

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Which road does the speaker take?
  1. the first road
  2. the road less traveled by
  3. the road that bends in the undergrowth
  4. the road that he or she looks down as fas as possible
Grade 5 Poetry
A form of figurative language that gives an animal or nonliving object a human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities is known as                   PERSONIFICATION                  .
Grade 5 Poetry

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Which choice best explains how the poem "The Land of Nod" is written?
  1. a set of 4 stanzas
  2. a block of 16 lines
  3. a series of 16 sentences
  4. a group of 4 paragraphs
Grade 5 The Road Less Traveled

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What is the setting of this poem?
  1. a quiet street on the edge of a town
  2. a forest in the middle of winter
  3. the back yard of a house in the country
  4. a wood with two roads in it
Grade 5 The Road Less Traveled

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Based on the information in the poem, why might the second road have "wanted wear" and been "grassy?"
  1. because the second road was close to a stream that ran through the woods
  2. because the second road received a lot of sunlight
  3. because many people had taken the second road
  4. because few people had taken the second road
Grade 5 Poetry
Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration and refrain.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

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The poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" is an example of what type of poem?
  1. concrete poem
  2. narrative poem
  3. haiku poem
  4. cinquain poem
Grade 5 Poetry
           metaphor           is a comparison between two unlike objects without using like or as.
Grade 5 Poetry
                  personification                  is giving human traits to a non-human object.
Grade 5 Poetry
         simile         is a comparison between two unlike objects using like or as.
Grade 5 The Road Less Traveled

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Was the speaker's decision to take the road less traveled by a good choice? Support your answers with information from the text.
Grade 5 The Road Less Traveled

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The speaker says that the second road has "perhaps the better claim." Explain what the speaker means. Support your answer with evidence from the text.
Grade 5 The Road Less Traveled

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According to the speaker, what has made "all the difference"?
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