Poetry Quiz

What is a sonnet?

• A type of poem that expresses personal emotions or feelings

• A type of poem that tells a story

• A type of poem that has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme

• A type of poem that uses vivid imagery to describe nature

What is a haiku?

• A type of poem that expresses personal emotions or feelings

• A type of poem that tells a story

• A type of poem that has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme

• A type of poem that consists of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern

What is an ode?

• A type of poem that expresses personal emotions or feelings

• A type of poem that tells a story

• A type of poem that has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme

• A type of poem that praises or celebrates a person, place, or thing

What is a limerick?

• A type of poem that expresses personal emotions or feelings

• A type of poem that tells a story

• A type of poem that has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme

• A type of poem that has five lines with a specific rhyme scheme and a humorous or nonsensical theme

What is a ballad?

• A type of poem that expresses personal emotions or feelings

• A type of poem that tells a story

• A type of poem that has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme

• A type of poem that uses vivid imagery to describe nature

What is a free verse?

• A type of poem that expresses personal emotions or feelings

• A type of poem that tells a story

• A type of poem that has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme

• A type of poem that does not have a regular rhyme or meter

What is a simile?

• A figure of speech that directly compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human objects

• A figure of speech that exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis

• A figure of speech that uses words that imitate the sound they represent

What is a metaphor?

• A figure of speech that directly compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human objects

• A figure of speech that exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis

• A figure of speech that describes something by saying it is something else

What is personification?

• A figure of speech that directly compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human objects

• A figure of speech that exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis

• A figure of speech that uses words that imitate the sound they represent

What is hyperbole?

• A figure of speech that directly compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human objects

• A figure of speech that exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis

• A figure of speech that uses words that imitate the sound they represent