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WorksheetsTypes of Poetry
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of poetry tells a story?
a)
Lyric
b)
Narrative
c)
Haiku
d)
Free Verse
2.
A word, line, or group of lines that are repeated during the course of a poem
a)
stanza
b)
line
c)
refrain
d)
quatrain
3.
Poem that has a beginning, middle and end in terms of action
a)
Narrative
b)
Sonnet
c)
Refrain
d)
Lyric
4.
A poem consisting of a single speaker expressing a state of mind or process or perception, feeling, emotion, or thought
a)
Lyric
b)
Sonnet
c)
Narrative
d)
Free Verse
5.
Poetry without a regular pattern of stanzas, meter, or rhyme
a)
Sonnet
b)
Narrative
c)
Lyric
d)
Free Form
6.
Poetry that has a regular pattern of stanzas, meter, and rhyme
a)
Narrative
b)
Fixed Form
c)
Sonnet
d)
Free Form
7.
Poem consisting of 14 lines with an intricate (complex) rhyme scheme
a)
Narrative
b)
Haiku
c)
Sonnet
d)
Lyric
8.
A shift in subject matter or attitude in a poem
a)
Turn
b)
Stanza
c)
Line
d)
Couplet
9.
A quatrain is a group of how many lines?
a)
8
b)
5
c)
4
d)
14
10.
A couplet is a group of how many lines?
a)
2
b)
1
c)
4
d)
12
11.
What is the rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean/English sonnet?
a)
abab cdcd abab cc
b)
abcd abcd abcd ef
c)
abab cdcd efef gg
d)
aabb ccdd eeff gg
12.
Poetry is . . .
a)
mundane
b)
boring
c)
exciting
d)
ridiculous
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