Poetry Reading Comprehension

____ is a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things.

• Epigraph

• Theme

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

What are some common literary devices used in poetry?

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, imagery, symbolism

• Rhyme scheme

After reading the last stanza, the reader can conclude _____.

• the speaker does not feel well and needs medicine

• the speaker was pretending to be sick in order to miss a day of school

• the speaker is happy to miss a day of school

• the speaker is starting to feel sick and has to miss school

What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem?

• The speaker realized that there was no school that day.

• The speaker realized that her back and feet were hurting.

• The speaker was pretending to be sick when she actually was really sick.

• The speaker will get into a lot of trouble for lying.

Read line 7. This is an example of _____.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Which line from the poem shows imagery (something you can easily imagine or visualize)?

• Line 30

• Line 33

• Line 1

• Line 7

Which of the following is true about this poem?

• The poem has no rhyme pattern.

• The poem is a true story.

• The poem has 4 stanzas and 32 lines.

• The poem has 32 stanzas and 4 lines.

What is the primary purpose of a poetry reading comprehension exercise?

• To analyze the structure of a poem

• To understand and interpret the meaning of a poem

• To memorize the poem

• To rewrite the poem in prose

Which of the following is a common theme in poetry?

• Mathematics

• Nature

• Technology

• Economics

In poetry, what is a stanza?

• A single line of a poem

• A group of lines forming a unit

• The title of a poem

• The rhyme scheme of a poem