Poetry Refresher Quiz

What do we usually call writing which is not poetry? For example, the writing we find in newspapers, essays, novels or textbooks with sentences and paragraphs.

• Normal writing

• Prose

• Prosody

• Punctuation

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What do we call the different sections or parts of a poem?

• Sentences and paragraphs

• Verse and chorus

• Chapter and verse

• Lines and Stanzas

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the general name for specific types of poems such as sonnets, haikus or limericks?

• Poetic license

• Poetic form

• Poetic techniques

• Poetic imagery

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

What do we call the poetic form which has 14 lines, the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg and is often about love?

• Villanelle

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Ballad

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the following quotation from the ancient poem Beowulf an example of: 'Up from his swampland, sliding silently"

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhythm

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of these statements is not true?

• Poetry is the oldest form of writing or story telling in the world

• Poetry must always rhyme

• Many countries have a national poet

• Poetry is often used at important events such as weddings, funerals or celebrations

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do we call poetry that does not follow any particular pattern, rhyme schemes or rules?

• Verse

• Prose

• Meter

• Free verse

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What general word might we use to describe poetic techniques such as similes, metaphors or personification?

• Poetic language

• Imagery or figurative language

• Rhyme scheme

• Meter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Poems are always autobiographical or about the real lives of the people who wrote them.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What words might we use to describe how a poet feels about the subject they write about in their poem?

• Tone/Mood

• Connotation/Diction

• Figure of Speech

• Blank verse

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4