Deck 10: Poetry

Question 1

Poetry has little relationship to phonological awareness.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Rhyme can occur in midsentence as well as at sentence endings in children's poetry.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Rhyme does not have to be emphasized when presenting a poem to young children.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Catchy rhyme is learned quickly.

Question 5

When reading poetry,one should pause slightly at the end of each line for the rhyme to become more apparent.

Question 6

Nonsense verse does not make sense,so preschoolers usually do not relate to it.

Question 7

Some poetry is used to promote a child's feeling of his own competency.

Question 8

Inanimate objects should not speak or move in young children's poetry,for that confuses children.

Question 9

Poetry can contain rhythm,rhyme and repetition.

Question 10

Poetry for preschools is hard to find.

Question 11

"Diddle,diddle,dumpling" demonstrates both repetition of consonant sounds and alliteration.

Question 12

Chants may not rhyme.

Question 13

Some poetry motivates child physical movement.

Question 14

The text urges teachers to create their own poetry.

Question 15

Teachers can either read or recite a poem.

Question 16

A child's ability to recognize rhyming words can be linked to early ready ability.

Question 17

Some rhyming nursery songs emphasize alliteration.

Question 18

Children's experiences with rhyme and rhyming have no relationship to their ease in learning to read.

Question 19

Some of children's delight with poetry is poetry's predictability.

Question 20

Poetry sets up expectancies that often happen.

Question 21

A suspected benefit of a literary background that includes poetry experience is

A)​the child's academic learning is enhanced.
B)​the poetry experience promotes later math ability.
C)​its relationship to learning to read with ease.
D)​it increases oral vocabulary and IQ.

Question 22

Poetry has

A)​form and order.
B)​often been put to music.
C)​often stimulated a child's imagination.
D)​all of these answers.

Question 23

The main goal in introducing children to poetry is

A)​the literary value it holds.
B)​to promote pleasure and enjoyment with this language art.
C)​to build vocabulary.
D)​to teach the "Alphabet Song."

Question 24

Mother Goose poetry is out of date for today's young children.

Question 25

Syllables in the middle of words that rhyme can be used to create a poem.

Question 26

Giving teapots life in poetry is an example of

A)​reality.
B)​personification.
C)​allusion.
D)​animalism.

Question 27

Poetry can

A)​amuse and entertain or become boring.
B)​be considered playful but not really educational.
C)​destroy child self esteem.
D)​be considered as more appropriate for elementary school aged children rather than preschoolers.

Question 28

Narrative poetry tells a story.

Question 29

A poet may use a device called ____ to attract child attention.

A)​double verb action.
B)​pictorial symmetry.
C)​onomatopoeia.
D)​none of these answers.

Question 30

Alliteration is the repetition of ending consonant sounds.

Question 31

A poem's message or subject matter can

A)​be developmentally appropriate.
B)​be developmentally inappropriate.
C)​be both developmentally appropriate and developmentally inappropriate.
D)​none of these answers.

Question 32

Many song lyrics rhyme.

Question 33

Sound-based word games that rhyme are good for developing early reading skills.

Question 34

A poem that does not rhyme is called

A)​free verse.
B)​narrative.
C)​a lyric.
D)​none of these answers.

Question 35

Poetry is considered to be

A)​aesthetically crude.
B)​more suited to and enjoyed by educated people.
C)​part of our literary heritage.
D)​part of our literary logic.

Question 36

Poetry types include

A)​free verse.
B)​nonfiction.
C)​limerick.
D)​both free verse and limerick.

Question 37

One of the elements of good teacher poetry reading is reading it using good teacher diction.

Question 38

Poems are not metrical forms.

Question 39

Finding poetry with content familiar to young children is a professional selection criteria.

Question 40

Poetry often builds its unique rhythm

A)​through accented syllables.
B)​by combining words within words.
C)​by using commas and colons.
D)​none of these answers.

Question 41

Name three classic children's nursery songs containing rhyming words.

Question 42

Many chants are

A)​also poetry.
B)​not cultural literacy in action.
C)​used in ritual deportations.
D)​all of the above

Question 43

Create a short example of narrative poetry.

Question 44

Poetry that does not rhyme is called

A)​open verse.
B)​free verse.
C)​melodic poetry.
D)​descriptive poetry.

Question 45

When teacher reads poetry she should

A)​emphasize rhyming line endings.
B)​read it with familiarity.
C)​ask children to remember it.
D)​read it from a wall chart.

Question 46

Provide an example of a short two verse poem that uses a simile.

Question 47

"The clock said the words one,two,three" is an example of

A)​diction.
B)​cadence.
C)​implied analogy.
D)​personification.

Question 48

Write a four-line poem that includes some of the special features found in children's classic poetry and identify the features you used.A point will be added to your test score for each feature you use and identify.

Question 49

Some of the characteristics that make poetry appealing to preschoolers are

Question 50

Mother Goose poems typically have

A)​at least twenty lines.
B)​strong rhythm and cadence.
C)​lots of extra words.
D)​none of the above