Exploring Poetry: Grade 6
A Grade 6 ELA worksheet focusing on understanding and analyzing different elements of poetry, including figurative language, rhythm, and structure.
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Exploring Poetry: Grade 6
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Read each poem and question carefully. Answer all questions to the best of your ability.
Read the following poem and answer the questions below.

The wind came howling through the trees, Whispering secrets to the breeze. It danced and twirled with unseen might, A playful ghost throughout the night.
1. What type of figurative language is used in the line "Whispering secrets to the breeze"?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
2. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of the poem?
3. The poem describes the wind as a "playful " throughout the night.
4. The poem implies that the wind is a gentle force.
True
False
Read the following poem and answer the questions below.
Cars rush by with a whoosh and a honk, Sirens wail, a distant, mournful song. Footsteps tap a rhythm on the street, Life in the city, never incomplete.
5. Identify one example of onomatopoeia in "City Sounds."
6. Compare and contrast the mood of "The Wind" and "City Sounds." Use specific details from both poems to support your answer.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
7. A group of lines in a poem is called a .
8. The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words is known as .
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