Elements of Poetry Quiz

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Which of the following is an example of rhyme?

• The cat's tongue felt like sandpaper

• Can and man

• Monkeys make major messes

• The garden of flowers were a rainbow of colors

What is the musical quality or beat in poetry called?

• Imagery

• Rhythm

• Repetition

• Rhyme

Which element of poetry involves comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

What is the term for giving human characteristics to non-human things?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Which poetry element is described as lacking a consistent rhyme scheme?

• Alliteration

• Free verse

• Rhythm

• Repetition

In the poem 'Lengths of Time', what does the word 'peculiar' mean?

• Strange

• Certain

• Sensible

• Cautious

What does line 21 of the poem suggest about the speaker's experience?

• The speaker has to leave

• The speaker is confused

• It uses a sound to describe the experience

• The speaker is having fun

How does the poem describe the passage of time when playing a game?

• Time crawls like a snail

• Time rushes by like a plane

• Time is as slow as a snail

• Time is cautious and exact

What is the main theme of the poem 'Lengths of Time'?

• The joy of playing games

• The strangeness of time's passage

• The importance of punctuality

• The certainty of time