Poetry - review Y9

What does a poem normally express?

• Thoughts and facts

• feelings and statistics

• Facts and statistics

• thoughts and feelings

Which of these are forms (types) of poetry?

• Leaflets, biography, ads, and posters

• Letters, speeches, and newspaper articles

• Sonnets, lyrics, ballads, haikus, and odes

How long do we think poems have existed?

• Four hundred years

• almost as long as humans have existed

• nine years

• Fifteen hundred years

Which of these is the definition of onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound like the noise they describe

• A figure of speech giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals

• A figure of speech where something is described as being something else

• A figure of speech in which ideas are exaggerated

what is the definition of figurative language?

• Language that we use all the time in our everyday speech

• Language that includes facts and statistics

• Language that belongs to poets and writers

• Language that is used to create a powerful picture in our minds

Which one is NOT an example of personification?

• The trees danced during the snowstorm

• The stars winked at me tonight

• The wind spoke words of truth in the storm

• I am drowning in my own tears

Which of the following is NOT an example of a figurative technique

• onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Facts

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• 'I wander'd lonely as a cloud'

• '"hope" is the wing with feathers'

• 'How they clang, and clash and roar!'

• 'A host of golden daffodils [...] fluttering and dancing in the breeze'.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• 'I wander'd lonely as a cloud'.

• '"Hope" is the wing with feathers'.

• 'How they clang, clash and roar'

• 'A host of golden daffodils [...] fluttering and dancing in the breeze'.

Which of these statements about poetry is false?

• Poems let us explore the minds of some amazing people

• Poets use words carefully to create meaning

• Poems usually explore big ideas and emotions

• Poems must follow the normal rules of grammar