Diagnostic Quiz-Elements of poetry

Which word means "the feelings or emotions a poem is trying to show"?

• Mood

• Tone

• Alliteration

• Rhythm

A paragraph in a poem is also called a _______.

• Paragraph

• Group

• Stanza

• Lines

What is a group of words in a poem called?

• A beat

• A rhythm

• A group

• A line

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True

• False

What are words that imitate sounds?

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• Shine bright like a diamond.

• I'm hungry like the wolf.

• Love is a battlefield

Which sentence below shows personification?

• The air was cold.

• The sun is bright yellow.

• The cat raced down the hall.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

Which sentence below is a simile?

• She runs as fast as a cheetah.

• She runs fast.

• She is a fast runner.

• She and a cheetah run fast.

Which of these lines has the same rhythm (meter) as

"One banana two banana"?

• How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood

• I'm a monkey you're a monkey

• I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream

• Howdy partner

Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers.

This is an example of what poetic sound device?

• Hyperbole

• Haiku

• Alliteration

• Imagery