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WorksheetsPoetry Terms (Ms. Palomer)
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A line of poetry MUST be a complete sentence.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
_____ uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Imagery
3.
_____ compares two or more things by implying that one thing is another. It does not use like or as.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Imagery
4.
_____ involves giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Imagery
5.
_____ is a type of descriptive language used to represent objects, feelings, and thoughts. It often appeals to one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Imagery
6.
_____ is the repetition of a final stressed vowel and succeeding sounds in two or more words.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Internal Rhyme
c)
End Rhyme
d)
Rhyme Scheme
7.
_____ is the pattern formed by end rhymes, is shown by a row of letters (aabb) in which a different letter of the alphabet signals each new rhyme.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Internal Rhyme
c)
End Rhyme
d)
Rhyme Scheme
8.
_____ is a type of rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Internal Rhyme
c)
End Rhyme
d)
Rhyme Scheme
9.
______ is a type of rhyme occurs within lines of poetry.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Internal Rhyme
c)
End Rhyme
d)
Rhyme Scheme
10.
______ is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line.
a)
Pentameter
b)
Foot
c)
Rhythm
d)
Meter
11.
______ is is a regular rhythm in a poem.
a)
Pentameter
b)
Foot
c)
Rhythm
d)
Meter
12.
The basic unit in measuring rhythm is the _____,which usually contains one stressed syllable marked with (´) and one or more unstressed syllables marked with (˘).
a)
Pentameter
b)
Foot
c)
Rhythm
d)
Meter
13.
_____ is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
c)
Consonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
14.
_____ is the use of a word or phrase, such as swoosh or clank, that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
c)
Consonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
15.
_____ is the use of a word or phrase, such as swoosh or clank, that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
c)
Consonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
16.
_____ is the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
c)
Consonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
17.
_____ is the repetition of consonant sounds within words or at the ends of words
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
c)
Consonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
18.
_____ is the voice in the poem that talks to the reader.
a)
Narrator
b)
Speaker
c)
Poet
d)
Author
19.
A poem that does not rhyme is called _____.
a)
Free verse
b)
Short Story
c)
Essay
d)
Couplet
20.
_____ refers to an author’s attitude toward the subject matter.
a)
Mood
b)
Feeling
c)
Tone
d)
Style
21.
A _____ of poetry is a row consisting of a word or words that may or may not form a complete sentence.
a)
Line
b)
Stanza
c)
Sentence
d)
Paragraph
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