Poetry Review

Instead of having paragraphs, poems have ______. These are groups of lines in a poem.

• stanzas

• paragraphs

• sentences

Tone is the narrator’s _______ toward his or her subject. Readers infer the narrator’s tone from the words that they use.

• theme

• attitude

• alliteration

Determine the author's tone of the following poem.

We are all so different,

And yet so much the same.

Everyone, in some way or another,

Will experience a kind of pain.

• happy

• hurt

• angry

Acrostic Poems use the letters of a topic word as the _______ letter for each line of the poem.

• first

• third

• last

What is alliteration?

• the beat created by the sounds and words in the poem

• a word or image that is used to represent something else

• the use of the same sound at the beginning of several words

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• The fog comes on little cat feet.

• I understand that candy is not good for you.

What is free verse?

• the use of the same sound at the beginning of several words

• an open form of poetry that does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern

• the pattern of rhymes in a poem

Rhyme scheme usually follows a pattern labeled with _______________.

• capital letters

• hearts and stars

• numbers

What is a refrain?

• the last line of a poem

• the first line of a poem

• a line that is repeated throughout the poem

What is a couplet?

• a line that is repeated throughout the poem

• a 2-line verse that usually rhymes and expresses one thought

• a Japanese poem that does not rhyme