Summative Test - Elements of Poetry

What is the overall structure or shape of a poem called?

• Theme

• Form

• Mood

• Meter

What do you call a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose?

• Verse

• Foot

• Stanza

• Rhyme

Which element of poetry refers to the pattern of beats or stresses in a line?

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Form

• Tone

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• “The clock struck twelve with a loud bang.”

• “Bright birds bravely battled the breeze.”

• “The lake was calm and wide.”

• The wind whispered softly

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using:

• and

• like or as

• with

• than

Which element of poetry appeals to the five senses?

• Tone

• Theme

• Imagery

• Meter

Which of the following is NOT a sound device?

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Personification

• Alliteration

What is the message or central idea of a poem called?

• Rhyme

• Theme

• Mood

• Verse

The repetition of the same sound at the end of lines is called:

• Rhyme scheme

• Meter

• Theme

• Foot

The car engine coughed before starting.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Hyperbole