What is Poetry Flocabulary Quiz

What is true about poetry?

• Poetry is always written in strict form.

• Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.

• Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.

• Poets never read their poems aloud.

Which of the following is not a type of poem?

• a haiku

• a sonnet

• a limerick

• a news article

True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.

• True

• False

Alliteration, rhyme and onomatopoeia are all examples of

• prose.

• sound devices.

• image devices.

• meters.

Which of the following does not use figurative language?

• "The fog comes on little cat feet."

• "Fog appeared in the harbor and city."

• "The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."

• "Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."

Rhyming is when some words

• sound alike.

• sound exactly the same.

• are spelled the same way.

• have the same definition.

What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt? Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here; To watch his woods fill up with snow.

• ABBA

• AABA

• ABAB

• AABA

Tags

TEKS.ELA.K.8B

TEKS.ELA.E2.7B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

Which poetic device is used in the following line? Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Which poetic device is used in the following line? The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Which poetic device is used in the following line? The river swallowed the town whole.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile