poetryscavhunt

Poetry Scavenger Hunt


Go on a poetic scavenger hunt! Work with a partner to search for answers to the following questions. Record the answers on the attached page.


Directions: Quietly work on this scavenger hunt with a partner, using your iBook. If you do not have your iBook, please see me. You will have a quiz on this information at some point during our 4th Marking Period.

GRADING:
THIS IS A CLASSWORK GRADE. It is worth 100 POINTS! We will exchange these next week and grade them together.

GOOD LUCK!!!
1. Describe the pattern for a traditional Haiku poem.
2. How many lines are in a limerick?
3. Give an example of a couplet written by Ogden Nash.
4. What is Joe Jeskiewicz's CONCRETE POEM talking about?
  5. Write one acrostic poem with your partner. Write your poem on the BACK of your loose-leaf paper.
6. Explain the poetic device, Alliteration.
7. Tell who (or what) is Mother Goose?
8. Where was Poe born? What were two of Poe's inspirations for writing? Name two poems written by Edgar Allen Poe.
9. What well known poet wrote "The Jabberwocky" and the novel Alice In Wonderland?
10. Where did Dr. Seuss come from? When did he write "A Cat in the Hat"?

We will exchange these next week and grade them together.
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