Riddle Me This
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6th Grade
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Jinna Alston
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16 Slides • 13 Questions
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Open Ended
What was the answer to the riddle?
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Multiple Choice
The poem was describing which of these things?
A key
A bridge
A house
A car
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Open Ended
What was the poem describing?
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Multiple Choice
To figure out what a poem means, you can use a skill that is also used to solve riddles. What is that skill?
Finding one correct answer
adding up clues
looking for direct statements
ignoring the title
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Multiple Choice
Which sentence explains how poems and riddles are alike?
They avoid stating their meaning directly
They rarely use titles as hints about their meaning
They use fewer than six lines to make their point
They describe a single object, action or idea
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Multiple Choice
What kinds of clues do these lines provide to help readers interpret their meaning?
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white,
A change in toned
personas
personification
imagery
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Multiple Choice
Which skill is most important for the interpretation of poetry?
Using details as clues to the meaning
comparing poetry to prose
identifying one correct answer
memorizing every line of a poem
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Multiple Choice
In a writing workshop your feedback should be?
a rewritten version of your classmate's poem
A paragraph with your feedback addressed to your classmate
A list of directions of what to change
An essay to be graded by your teacher.
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Multiple Choice
What should you tell the person first when you offer them feedback?
what the poem seems to be saying
what lines they should change
what confuses you about the poem
everything you like about the poem
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Multiple Choice
Which comment is specific enough to be used as feedback?
I really liked all the images in your poem
I thought the image in line 3 was really effective.
Some similes in the poem were confusing
The words you used were hard to understand
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Multiple Choice
What element should you not worry about commenting on when giving feedback on your classmate's poems?
figurative language
commas
imagery
sound
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Multiple Choice
If a reader says that your poem needs more images, what should you add?
photographs
similes
sensory details
pronouns
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Multiple Choice
Why is it useful to ask real readers for feedback on your poems?
They can correct your grammar mistakes
They can tell you which words to change
They can help you decide what needs revising
They can help you write an entirely new poem
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