WorksheetsPoetry Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
What type of poetry.....
Tells a story in verse. It includes characters, setting, and a plot.
Tells a story in verse. It includes characters, setting, and a plot.
a)
Narrative
b)
Lyric
c)
Haiku
d)
Limerick
2.
What type of poetry...
A short funny poem of five lines.
A short funny poem of five lines.
a)
Haiku
b)
Limerick
c)
Concrete
d)
Lyric
3.
What type of poetry...
Words are arranged in a shape that reflects the subject of the poem.
Words are arranged in a shape that reflects the subject of the poem.
a)
Limerick
b)
Narrative
c)
Concrete
d)
Haiku
4.
What type of poetry....
A Japanese verse form with three lines. Line one has 5 syllables, line two has 7 syllables, and line three has five syllables.
A Japanese verse form with three lines. Line one has 5 syllables, line two has 7 syllables, and line three has five syllables.
a)
Limerick
b)
Lyric
c)
Concrete
d)
Haiku
5.
What type of poetry...
A highly musical verse that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings. Focus is on a single powerful emotion, event, or image.
A highly musical verse that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings. Focus is on a single powerful emotion, event, or image.
a)
Limerick
b)
Lyric
c)
Concrete
d)
Narrative
6.
What is an onomatopoeia?
a)
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
b)
The use, more than once, of any element of language such as sound, word, phrase, or sentence.
c)
The use of words to imitate sounds.
d)
Giving human characteristics to an animal or object.
7.
What is alliteration?
a)
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
b)
Comparing two things using like or as.
c)
The use, more than once, of any element of language such as sound, word, phrase, or sentence.
d)
Visually descriptive language used to paint a picture in your head.
8.
What is repetition?
a)
The use, more than once, of any element of language such as sound, word, phrase, or sentence.
b)
Comparing two unlike things.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
9.
What type of figurative language...
Gives human characteristics to a non-human subject as if it were human.
Gives human characteristics to a non-human subject as if it were human.
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
10.
What type of figurative language...
Uses 'like' or 'as' to make a direct comparison between two unlike things.
Uses 'like' or 'as' to make a direct comparison between two unlike things.
a)
similie
b)
metaphor
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
11.
What type of figurative language...
Compares unlike things by describing one as if it were the other, without using 'like' or 'as'.
Compares unlike things by describing one as if it were the other, without using 'like' or 'as'.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
similie
12.
Choose the correct figurative language term.
"The wind was howling and screaming as it blew through my window."
"The wind was howling and screaming as it blew through my window."
a)
Personfication
b)
Metaphor
c)
Similie
13.
Choose the correct figurative language term.
"My little sister is as busy as a bee lately."
"My little sister is as busy as a bee lately."
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Similie
14.
Choose the correct figurative language term.
"The water was so clear I could see it smile at me."
"The water was so clear I could see it smile at me."
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Similie
15.
Choose the correct figurative language term.
"This classroom is a zoo!"
"This classroom is a zoo!"
a)
Personification
b)
Similie
c)
Metaphor
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