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Year 4 English · Poetry and imagery

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which sense does 'sizzling' appeal to?
- ☐ (a) sight
- ☐ (b) hearing
- ☐ (c) touch
2. 'Smoky air' mostly appeals to which sense?
- ☐ (a) smell
- ☐ (b) hearing
- ☐ (c) taste
3. Which pair of words rhyme in 'Morning at the Market'?
- ☐ (a) apples and onions
- ☐ (b) air and voices
- ☐ (c) red and bread
4. What is imagery?
- ☐ (a) a list of rhyming words
- ☐ (b) words that help the reader see, hear, smell, taste or feel something
- ☐ (c) the title of a poem
5. Why might a poet put one word on a line by itself?
- ☐ (a) to make the reader pause and notice that word
- ☐ (b) because they ran out of ideas
- ☐ (c) to make the poem shorter
6. Type the word in the first line of the poem that describes how the apples sound or feel when you bite them.
7. Which word in the poem rhymes with 'air'? Type it.
8. How many lines are in 'Morning at the Market', not counting the title? Type a number.

Answer sheet

1. hearing — Sizzling is a sound, so it appeals to hearing.
2. smell — We notice smoke in the air with our nose.
3. red and bread — 'Red' and 'bread' end with the same sound.
4. words that help the reader see, hear, smell, taste or feel something — Imagery creates pictures and sensations in the reader's mind.
5. to make the reader pause and notice that word — A line break creates a pause, which makes the word stand out.
6. crunchy — 'Crunchy apples' appeals to hearing, touch and taste.
7. everywhere — 'Air' and 'everywhere' rhyme in the last two lines.
8. 4 — The poem has four lines.