What Is Poetry

What Is Poetry

7th Grade

25 Qs

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What Is Poetry

What Is Poetry

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.4, RF.1.2A, RL.5.3

+18

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt?

ABBA

ABAB

AAAB

AABA

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is not a type of poem?

a haiku

a sonnet

a limerick

a news article

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Alliteration, rhyme and onomatopoeia are all examples of

prose.

sound devices.

image devices.

meters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Aria, David, and Abigail are exploring the magical world of poetry! Can you help them identify the three main categories of poetry?

lyric and narrative.

lyric, narrative, and dramatic.

informative, expository, and narrative.

None of the above.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Three main categories of poetry are 

lyric and narrative.

lyric, narrative, and dramatic.

informative, expository, and narrative.

None of the above.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which poetic device is used in the following line?


Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

personification

alliteration

onomatopoeia

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

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