5-6 Weekly Reading Challenge
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Understanding Poetry
Poetry can take many forms. It can tell a story (narrative verse), paint a word picture, or be the format for a play.
Poets create experiences that are shared with the reader. To do this the poet uses literary techniques such as figurative language (similes and metaphors), rhyme and rhythm. Poetry does not have to rhyme.
Poetry is often described as the most personal form of expression. Poets choose their words carefully and economically. They create images and feelings with words.
Read the poem Stray Dog by Elaine Horsfield and answer the questions. Circle the correct answer.
Stray Dog
A tentative bark—
And then she sniffed the stranger,
Circling warily,
Unsure,
Afraid to venture close
For fear of harm.
He bent down,
Calling softly.
Yet still she held back,
Not confident enough
To risk a touch.
She’d been hurt before.
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