Basics of Poetry

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 instraightforward 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 thefog."
• "Fog fell over the lake like a ghostlywaterfall."

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
• ABAB
• AAAB
• AABA

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