What is poetry?

1. What is true about poetry?

• A. Poetry is always written in strict form.

• B. Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.

• c. Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.

• D. Poets never read their poems aloud.

2. Which of the following is not a type of poem?

• a haiku

• a sonnet

• a limerick

• a news article

3. True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.

• True

• False

4. Alliteration, rhyme and onomatopoeia are all examples of

• prose

• sound devices

• image devices

• meters

5. Which of the following does not use figurative language?

• A. "The fog comes on little cat feet."

• B. "Fog appeared in the harbor and city."

• C. "The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."

• D. "Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."

6. Rhyming is when some words

• sound alike

• sound exactly the same

• are spelled the same way

• have the same definition

7. What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt?

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though,

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

• ABBA

• ABAB

• AAAB

• AABA

8. Which poetic device is used in the following line?

Paulina put the pretty pink petunios into pots.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

9. Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

10. Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The river swallowed the town whole.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor