Poetry Test Review: Round 2

This type of poem includes character, setting, and plot.

• ode

• narrative

• free verse

• haiku

The excerpt below contains which poetic devices? Choose all answers that apply.

On an island of music

in a city of drumbeats

the drum dream girl

dreamed

of pounding tall conga drums

tapping small bongó drums

and boom boom booming

with long, loud sticks

on big, round, silvery

moon-bright timbales.

• imagery

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

What type of figurative language is used in the excerpt below?

Books are door-shaped

portals

carrying me

across oceans

and centuries,

helping me feel

less alone.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

This type of poem tells a story that is often sad and contains rhythm and rhyme.

• ode

• ballad

• elegy

• haiku

What is the rhyme scheme for the poem below?

An owl once perched in my tree

at night (when most birds cannot see).

But when the sun rose,

he was found by some crows,

and their caws caused the owl to flee.

• AABBC

• AABBA

• AABAA

• ABABA

A poem or stanza with eight verses is called a(n)...

• couplet

• quatrain

• octave

In the excerpt below, what poetic device is used to describe shoes?

my shoes

rest

all night

under my bed

tired

they stretch

and loosen

their laces

wide open

they fall asleep

and dream

of walking

they revisit

the places

they went to

during the day

and wake up

cheerful

relaxed

so soft

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

What poetic device is represented by the italicized words?

On thin golden poles

gliding up, sliding down,

a kingdom of horses

goes spinning around.

Jumper, Brown Beauty,

Dark Thunder, Sir Snow,

a medley of ponies

parade in a row.

• onomatopoiea

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

This type of poem is three verses in length and often focuses on creating a vivid image through the use of descriptive language.

• narrative

• ode

• haiku

• ballad

The excerpt below contains what figurative device?

You had my back.

We fought the fight.

And though our score

was less last night,

we're walking tall.

Our team came through

and stuck together like Crazy Glue.

I'm proud to say

I lost with you.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile