Poetry Test Review

The sentence which follows shows the most examples of what kind of repetition? Silly Simon slid snowmen smashing Sue's sister's sedan.

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

A poetry type which does not follow a set format, may or may not rhyme, may have a varied line length, and basically follows no set rules is called a____________________.

• narrative poem

• ballad

• lyric poem

• free verse

A pattern of end rhymes in poetry is used to create a ____________________.

• rhyme scheme

• assonance

• end rhyme

• parody

The last two gross sentences are examples of the use of what? Sounds you would hear when placing a cat in a microwave. "Slam, meow, buzz, and pop." Open the door, "Yuck!"

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

A Japanese poem consisting of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable count, and always about nature is a___________.

• ballad

• limerick

• haiku

• elegy

Sentences:Prose::___________:Poetry

• sentences

• lines

• stanza

• paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is being used in the next sentence? The car screamed down the track as the flag yelled victory for the team.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

In this very, very, very same sentence, what is being used?

• simile

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• solipsism

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A literary work which is written to make fun of an existing work of literature is called a_______________________.

• free verse

• haiku

• limerick

• parody

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem below?

There once was a girl named big Pat

Who ate buttered grits with fried rat

Boiled in a pot

Until they got hot

And shared them with her pet cat

• A, A, B, A, D

• A, B, C, A, B

• A, A, B, B, A

• A, A, B, B, B