What makes a poem... a poem?
“Muhammad Ali spent years trying to become the world's greatest boxer, but only moments to create the world’s shortest poem.” What was the message of Ali’s speech?
A
progress and innovation
B
health and wellbeing
C
unity and friendship
D
love and peace
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“Muhammad Ali spent years trying to become the world's greatest boxer, but only moments to create the world’s shortest poem.” What was the message of Ali’s speech?
A
progress and innovation
B
health and wellbeing
C
unity and friendship
D
love and peace
Slide 1 - Quiz
What was Ali’s poem?
A
ME WE
B
HE ME
C
BE BEE
D
KI WI
Slide 2 - Quiz
Which of these was NOT a metaphor used by poets to describe poems?
A
a little machine
B
a tiny frog
C
a dream
D
a firework
Slide 3 - Quiz
4. What is a typical quality of poetry?
A
poems emphasize the musicality of language
B
poems use condensed language
C
poems often feature intense feelings
D
all of the above
Slide 4 - Quiz
Rhythmic patterns of the earliest poems were a way to...
A
…remember stories
B
…entertain audiences
C
…show off the poet’s talent
D
...make music
Slide 5 - Quiz
What do the poems “Apfel” and ”silencio” have in common?
A
both poems are written in English but have foreign titles
B
how the poems look is important to the meaning of each poem
C
how the poems sound is important to the meaning of each poem
D
both poems make us laugh
Slide 6 - Quiz
Poetry has a shape that we can recognize; it’s ……… help readers "navigate the rhythms of the poem"
A
line breaks
B
intense feelings
C
metaphors
D
illustrations
Slide 7 - Quiz
We can find poetic styles in all sorts of places that are not specifically poems.
Of the list below, which is the only one the video did NOT suggest?
A
a speech
B
social media
C
a police report
D
a spiritual song
Slide 8 - Quiz
In what way was Joanna Smith’s tweet like a poem?
A
she used words that rhyme
B
her language was powerful, direct and filled with vivid images
C
she used line breaks
D
her tweet was published
Slide 9 - Quiz
What is a haiku?
A
a haiku is a poem with 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables
B
a haiku is a poem with 7 lines of 3, 5 and 3 syllables
C
a Japanse traditional poem
D
a poem about frogs
Slide 10 - Quiz
The word poetry comes from the Greek “poiesis.” What does this word mean?
A
to rhyme
B
to reflect
C
to create
D
to recite
Slide 11 - Quiz
Researchers at Dartmouth College tested if robots could successfully imitate poets and write poems. When tested by a panel of judges, the robots' poems were identified...
A
...20% of the time
B
...50% of the time
C
...90% of the time
D
...100% of the time
