WorksheetsPoetry Key Terms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Fourteen lines of rhymed iambic pentameter is called a/an:
a)
epic
b)
sonnet
c)
villanelle
d)
ballad
2.
If you call your parents the "allowance bestowers", you're using a
a)
pun
b)
metaphor
c)
image
d)
kenning
3.
A style of poetry that urges readers to take advantage of the time they have
a)
Italian sonnet
b)
Elizabethan sonnet
c)
Carpe Diem
d)
Modernism
4.
Three quatrains and one heroic couplet, all written in rhymed iambic pentameter
a)
Italian sonnet
b)
Elizabethan sonnet
c)
villanelle
d)
sonnet
5.
"Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess" are examples of
a)
sonnets
b)
villanelles
c)
dramatic monologues
d)
heroic couplets
6.
A narrative poem written in quatrains featuring repetition, simple language, and themes of love, violence, or domestic tragedy
a)
sonnet
b)
villanelle
c)
epic
d)
ballad
7.
"Candle in the Wind" is an example of a/an
a)
elegy
b)
eulogy
c)
ballad
d)
dramatic monologue
8.
a speech made at a funeral memorializing the deceased
a)
elegy
b)
eulogy
c)
dramatic monologue
d)
sonnet
9.
The following is an example of a/an:
"I've been to the dentist many times so I know the drill."
"I've been to the dentist many times so I know the drill."
a)
metaphor
b)
imagery
c)
pun
d)
allusion
10.
The speaker's attitude toward a subject
a)
pun
b)
metaphor
c)
tone
d)
imagery
11.
The following is an example of:
"I am a rock. I am an island."
"I am a rock. I am an island."
a)
pun
b)
metaphor
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
allusion
12.
An octave and a sestet written in rhymed iambic pentameter
a)
epic
b)
Italian sonnet
c)
Elizabethan sonnet
d)
ballad
13.
"One Art" and "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" are examples of
a)
ballads
b)
iambic pentameters
c)
villanelles
d)
epics
14.
a long narrative poem featuring a hero who embarks on a journey and performs a series of brave deeds
a)
ballad
b)
epic
c)
sonnet
d)
dramatic monologue
15.
The following is an example of:
"Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim"
"Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim"
a)
pun
b)
metaphor
c)
imagery
d)
allusion
16.
10 syllables of a stressed-unstressed rhythm pattern
a)
sonnet
b)
iambic pentameter
c)
villanelle
d)
epic
17.
A literary and artistic movement that occurs as a reaction to WWI and is characterized by a breaking of traditional forms
a)
modernism
b)
iambic pentameter
c)
carpe diem
d)
dramatic monologue
18.
a reference to art, literature, history, popular culture, or the Bible
a)
metaphor
b)
imagery
c)
allusion
d)
iambic pentameter
19.
Which of these is NOT a ballad characteristic?
a)
a hero who goes on a journey
b)
quick movement
c)
repetition
d)
simple, direct language
20.
Two lines of poetry that rhyme and express a complete thought
a)
ballad
b)
iambic pentameter
c)
heroic couplet
d)
villanelle
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