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WorksheetsPoetry Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Shel Silverstein wrote all of the following except:
a)
Falling Up
b)
The Giving Tree
c)
All God's Chikdren need Traveling Shoes
d)
Light in the Attic
2.
Which poet was selected to read their poem at the inauguration of president Bill Clinton?
a)
Silverstein
b)
Angelou
c)
Dickinson
3.
Nikki Giovanni attended which of the following colleges?
a)
Wake Forest
b)
Virginia Tech
c)
Ohio State University
d)
Fisk University
4.
Which poet was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize?
a)
Silverstein
b)
Angelou
c)
Dickinson
d)
Giovanni
5.
Shel Silverstein was known for the following except:
a)
Composing
b)
Artist
c)
Playwright
d)
Lecturer
6.
A word pair such as Silly Sally is an example of:
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Allusion
d)
Apostrophe
7.
Silly Sally Sips Soda on the Sandy Shore is an example of:
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
c)
Consonance
d)
Apostrophe
8.
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem:
Oh how I love thee
let me count the ways
i hope you'll be a part of me
until my dying days.
My trust in you is deep
That I can't deny
A love beyond space and time
You are my star in a night sky.
Oh how I love thee
let me count the ways
i hope you'll be a part of me
until my dying days.
My trust in you is deep
That I can't deny
A love beyond space and time
You are my star in a night sky.
a)
abab cdcd
b)
abab accc
c)
abab cddd
d)
abcc deff
9.
My father's face is a study is an example of:
a)
Personification
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Metaphor
10.
The walls in Mrs. Flowers' classroom have seen it all is an example of:
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
11.
Diana can sing, but she is no Mariah Carey is an example of:
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Allusion
d)
Personification
12.
Which poet lived isolated or secluded during their lifetime?
a)
Silverstein
b)
Angelou
c)
Dickinson
d)
Giovanni
13.
The play Georgia Georgia was written by:
a)
Silverstein
b)
Angelou
c)
Dickinson
d)
Giovanni
14.
Which poet wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue?"
a)
Silverstein
b)
Angelou
c)
Dickinson
d)
Giovanni
15.
Which poet was born in the state of Massachusetts?
a)
Silverstein
b)
Angelou
c)
Dickinson
d)
Giovanni
16.
Two lines together in a poem
a)
Quatrain
b)
Stanza
c)
Couplet
d)
Free verse
17.
Language that appeals to the senses
a)
Haiku
b)
Limerick
c)
Ode
d)
Imagery
18.
Language that appeals to the senses
a)
Haiku
b)
Limerick
c)
Ode
d)
Imagery
19.
A group of four lines in apoem
a)
Cinquain
b)
Couplet
c)
Stanza
d)
Quatrain
20.
A group of two or more lines that form a unit.
a)
Couplet
b)
Stanza
c)
Quatrain
d)
Cinquain
21.
Words that imitate the sounds they make.
a)
Personification
b)
Refrain
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Assonance
22.
Giving human-like qualities to non human things or inanimate objects.
a)
Personification
b)
Idiom
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
23.
An address made to a deceased person
a)
Refrain
b)
Allusion
c)
Apostrophe
d)
Alliteration
24.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Allusion
d)
Alliteration
25.
Finding the pattern of rhyme in a poem
a)
Rhyme Scheme
b)
Scanning
c)
Assonance
d)
Consonance
26.
The overall emotion of a poem or story
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
c)
Refrain
d)
fFee verse
27.
The attitude a poet takes toward their subject
a)
Mood
b)
Tone
c)
Refrain
d)
Allusion
28.
The musical quality produced by rhythm in a poem
a)
Rhyme
b)
Rhyme Scheme
c)
Meter
d)
Tone
29.
The repetition of vowel sounds
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Alliteration
d)
Refrain
30.
A jingling poem consisting of five lines with a rhyme scheme of AABBA
a)
Haiku
b)
Limerick
c)
Ode
d)
Free verse
31.
The repetition of a word or phrase in a poem, song,or speech.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
c)
Consonance
d)
Refrain
32.
Poetry with no rhyme spoken like every day language
a)
Imagery
b)
Haiku
c)
Limerick
d)
Free Verse
33.
The pattern of rhyming lines
a)
Rhyme
b)
Rhyme Scheme
c)
Alliteration
d)
Free verse
34.
The repetition of consonant sounds
a)
Consonance
b)
Assonance
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
35.
A poem that pays tribute
a)
Haiku
b)
Limerick
c)
Ode
d)
Quatrain
36.
A literary device that makes reference to something that is familiar
a)
Allusion
b)
Apostrophe
c)
Personification
d)
Idiom
37.
The pattern of rhyming words
a)
Meter
b)
Rhyme
c)
Rhyme Scheme
d)
Tone
38.
A Japanese poem consisting of lines with a syllable pattern of 5, 7, 5.
a)
Haiku
b)
Limerick
c)
Ode
d)
Sonnet
39.
The comparison of two unlike things using like, as, or resembles.
a)
Idiom
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
40.
The repetition of consonant sounds
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Refrain
d)
Alliteration
41.
The comparison of two unlike things things where one is said to be the other.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Allusion
d)
Idiom
42.
A written expression of language that appeals to emotion and the senses.
a)
Imagery
b)
Free verse
c)
Ode
d)
Poetry
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