Elements of Poetry Quiz

Poetry is a type of ____.

• Music

• Verse

• Fiction

• Literature

Poetry uses ______ elements of language to express thoughts and emotions.

2 purposes of poetry are...

• To make fun rhymes

• To offer new perspectives

• To write songs

• To connect and empathize

Narrative Poetry...

• Tells a story

• never rhymes

• is very complicated

• is boring

Free Verse poetry...

• Tells a story

• Is very complicated

• Does not have to rhyme

• Doesn't ever make sense

True or false?: A line in poetry is the exact same thing as a sentence in regular writing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Poetic devices are the essential _____ a poet uses to add a musical quality to poetry.

This kind of language is not literal, and allows authors to write about things in more creative and artistic ways. Some examples are: metaphors; idioms; hyperbole.

• English Language

• Figurative Language

• Nonfigurative Language

• Creative Language

RHYME is when two words ____ with the same sound.

• end

• begin

• start

• initiate

The theme of the poem is the _______ about life or human nature that the poem conveys.