Grade 9 English Poetry Quiz

... is created by the last words of each line of poetry.

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

Answer explanation

Words that rhyme have the same sound:

'blue' and 'flew'

'cat' and 'hat'

'side' and 'hide'

'hit' and 'sit'

Some poems have no rhyme scheme.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Some poems have no rhyme scheme, and some have a fixed pattern. The Song of Wind is an example of a poem with no rhyme scheme.

The message of a poem is called the ...

• subject

• theme

Answer explanation

A theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, poem, or other literary work.

The ... of a poem is the feeling it creates when you read it.

• temper

• mood

Answer explanation

Mood refers to the emotions that the poet wants the reader to feel. Poets use words to specifically inspire feelings of sadness, anger, joy or other emotions.

Figurative language is often used in poetry. This type of language is ...

• literal

• metaphorical

Answer explanation

Figurative language is metaphorical and has a meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words. Examples of figures of speech are similes, metaphors and personification. They are also sometimes called imagery.

"He is as busy as a bee" is an example of a ...

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Answer explanation

A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things that have something in common, using the words "like" or "as". For example, "She swims like a dolphin".

In poetry, stanzas consist of ...

• sentences

• lines

Answer explanation

In poetry, a stanza is a group of lines within a poem.

"Her voice is music to my ears" is an example of a ...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Answer explanation

A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things in order to show or suggest that they are similar. For example, "Time is money".

"The moon was resting in the midnight sky" is an example of ...

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

Answer explanation

Personification is giving a human quality or characteristic to something which is not human. For example, "Lightning danced across the sky".

Poetry is written in ...

• paragraphs

• stanzas

Answer explanation

A stanza is a group of lines in a poem. A stanza in a poem is equivalent to a paragraph in prose.