Chapter Six: Poetry – Flashcards

Which of the following best describes the authorsʼ notion of poetry? Select one: a. the formal use of rhymed and rhythmic language b. a honing of sound and language that affects us deeply c. words arranged in a visually striking fashion distinctive from prose d. the peculiar wedding of image and sound

Which of the following poetic forms is most likely to express a classical tale? Select one: a. neo-Victorian chants b. onomatopoeic verse c. narrative poems d. contemplative couplets

Which of the following poetic forms is most likely to appeal to young children? Select one: a. free verse b. nonsense poetry c. haiku d. sonnets

Which of the following characterizes a limerick? Select one: a. It is composed of five lines. b. It expresses a religious belief. c. It may take any one of three distinct forms. d. It is derived from folksongs.

Which of the following best characterizes most of the earliest poetry written for children? Select one: a. They were often spoofs of lyric poems. b. They were designed to attract children to literature. c. They were composed in four-line sequences. d. They were cheerless and moralistic.

Who wrote A Childʼs Garden of Verses? Select one: a. Christina Rossetti b. Beatrix Potter c. Robert Louis Stevenson d. William Blake

Which of the following characterizes a mid- to late-twentieth-century trend in children's poetry? Select one: a. Poetry was more likely to feature a more honest and direct voice. b. The rhyme scheme became more complex. c. The limerick was revived in a new form for youngsters. d. Didactism was used more extensively.

Which of the following characterizes a mid- to late-twentieth-century trend in children's poetry? Select one: a. Poetry was more likely to feature a more honest and direct voice. b. The rhyme scheme became more complex. c. The limerick was revived in a new form for youngsters. d. Didactism was used more extensively.

Which of the following characteristics of a poem can best be used to motivate children to clap along with the recitation? Select one: a. rhyme scheme b. imagery c. alliterative strategy d. rhythm

Which of the following is illustrated by Rowena Bennettʼs line, "There once was a witch of Willowby Wood . . . "? Select one: a. assonance b. consonant blending c. alliteration d. digraph extrusion

Which of the following words should be classified as onomatopoeic? Select one: a. gurgle b. this c. bear d. darken

In the line, "His eyes are pools of fire," we have an example of which of the following? Select one: a. simile b. consonance c. personification d. metaphor

Dr. Seuss is the "pen name" of: Select one: a. Theodor Geisel b. Tim Watts c. Jason Cross d. Luis I. Hinton e. Frederick Baker

The idea for The Cat in the Hat came from... Select one: a. An incident involving a lost cat that was found under a hat. b. A little girl living in Iowa who wrote a letter to Dr. Seuss suggesting the idea. c. A bet that he could not write a book with just 250 words d. A story from his childhood e. A dream

Dr. Seuss's first book is... Select one: a. The Butter Battle Book b. The Cat in the Hat c. And to Think I Saw It On Mulburry Street d. The Lorax e. Horton Hears a Who

Before he began to write children's books Dr. Seuss was... Select one: a. A reporter for the Wall Street Journal b. A professor of English at New York University c. A free-lance illustrator d. A docent in the New York Botanical Gardens e. An editor for the Village Voice

Dr. Seuss was very outspoken about... Select one: a. Education in America b. American isolationism prior to World War II c. Women's Rights d. Economic deregulation e. The proliferation of communism in the 1950s

Dr. Seuss took his pen name from... Select one: a. His childhood pediatrician b. His mother's maiden name c. The town in Germany where his grandfather grew up d. A professor at Cambridge University e. A nick name assigned by his friends in high school

Your instructor makes a case that The Cat in the Hat... Select one: a. Was responsible for the establishment of the animal rights organization: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). b. The manufacture of the Volkswagen automobile in the 1970s called the "Thing." c. The inspiration for President John F. Kennedy's declaration of that the United States would land a man on the moon by the close of the decade of the 1960s d. Tightening of the child abandonment laws and the establishment of Child Protective Services in many states. e. The counter culture movement of the 1960s

The Poem The Jabberwocky was written by: Select one: a. Shel Silverstein b. C. S. Lewis c. Jack Prelutsky d. Lewis Carroll e. Dr. Suess

The Poem The Jabberwocky is considered to be what genre of poem? Select one: a. Sonnet b. Haike c. Nonsense d. Obscure e. Free Verse

The Poem The Jabberwocky... Select one: a. Is of a format that children are attracted to. b. Should not be used with children unless they have a great deal of experience with poetry. c. Can be used to teach sentence structure. d. Can be used to activate the imagination. e. All excepting for "b".