Elementary Poetry Assessment

What is a poet?

• the author of a poem

• lines of a poem that go together

What does describe mean?

• where a line of poetry ends

• to use words to tell about something

What is a stanza?

• lines of a poem that go together

• a noun that names a particular person, place or thing, and uses a capital letter

What does rhyme mean?

• having the same ending sound

• a pattern of the beats, like music

What is an adjective?

• A word that describes

• An author of a poem

What is rhythm?

• to use words to tell about something

• a pattern of the beats, like music

Two words that have the same ending sound are called...

• rhythm words
• repetitive words
• rhyming words
• stanza words

All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

The writer of a poem is called...

• poet
• illustrator
• author
• smart person

Poetry is always happy.

• True

• False