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Worksheets(DH) Poetic Terms & Poetry Recap
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote 'Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass'?
a)
Carol Ann Duffy
b)
Seamus Heaney
c)
Simon Armitage
d)
Ian Duhig
2.
Which poem starts: "My mother was the hanky queen"?
a)
'Inheritance'
b)
'The Map Woman'
c)
'Eat Me'
d)
'Material'
3.
In which poem would you find the following: "How she came to collect children / Because they were dark or crippled or girls"?
a)
'The Deliverer'
b)
'Giuseppe'
c)
'The Map Woman'
d)
'Genetics'
4.
Definition: often used to mean ‘unfortunate’ but should mean ‘turning out against expectation’ or, in the case of human expressions, sarcastic instead of sympathetic.
a)
Terrible
b)
Ironic
c)
Incredible
d)
Pathetic
5.
Definition: language with NO metaphorical intent.
a)
Ironic
b)
Figurative
c)
Symbolic
d)
Literal
6.
Device: "I was a tidal wave of flesh" (Eat Me)
a)
Metaphor
b)
Allegory
c)
Simile
d)
Dramatic Irony
7.
Form: a 14-line poem with a strict rhyme scheme, often ending in a couplet.
a)
Ballad
b)
Sonnet
c)
Haiku
d)
Free Verse
8.
Device: the hanky in 'Material'
a)
Simile
b)
Symbol
c)
Sibilance
d)
Structure
9.
Device: "As she slept, her skin sloughed / like a snake's" (The Map Woman)
a)
Assonance
b)
Metaphor
c)
Sibilance
d)
Alliteration
10.
Definition: a sentence continuing over two lines without punctuation at the end of the first
a)
Caesura
b)
Allegory
c)
Symbol
d)
Enjambment
11.
Definition: the repeating of a single line in a poem, often the last line of a stanza.
a)
Chorus
b)
Refrain
c)
Conceit
d)
Lyric
12.
Definition: an extended metaphor governing an entire poem or passage.
a)
Conceit
b)
Chorus
c)
Lyric
d)
Refrain
13.
Form: a poem built around stanzas of 3 lines, two repeating refrains and only two rhymes throughout. (e.g. Genetics)
a)
Sonnet
b)
Villain
c)
Ballad
d)
Villanelle
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