Poetry Forms Assessment for 7th Grade

What is one of the main purposes of poetry according to the text?

• To create rhyming patterns
• To express yourself and show who you are
• To tell fictional stories
• To practice vocabulary

In a bio poem, what information goes in Line 1?

• Last name
• Three adjectives
• First name
• Important relationships

How many adjectives should describe the person in Line 2 of a bio poem?

• Two
• Five
• One
• Three or four

In the example bio poem about Scout, what is described in Line 5?

• Fears
• Feelings
• Accomplishments
• Desires

What literary device makes a direct comparison between two different things?

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification

Which words are always used in a simile?

• Then and when
• Like or as
• Is and are
• This and that

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using like or as
• A direct comparison between things
• An understatement
• An exaggeration used for effect

In the example I Am poem, what is the speaker compared to?

• A black widow
• A warm breeze
• An oak tree
• A million things

What is a Haiku?

• A long narrative poem
• A rhyming poem
• A type of Japanese poetry
• A biographical poem

How many syllables are in the first line of a Haiku?

• Seven
• Three
• Four
• Five