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Poetry

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Poetry is comprised of three parts. Which of the following is NOT one of those parts? 
a)
content
b)
form
c)
effect
d)
impact
2.
Form has 3 elements. Which of the following is not one of those elements?
a)
sound effects
b)
rhythm
c)
figures of speech
d)
tone
3.
Words which are sounds, ex. rapping, tapping, ringing are called:
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
rhyme
d)
assonance
4.
When what is said really means the opposite, what form of irony is present?
a)
verbal
b)
situational
c)
dramatic
5.
When you are expecting one outcome but realize another, what form of irony is this?
a)
verbal
b)
situational
c)
dramatic
6.
When the reader knows what character(s) do not, what form of irony is this?
a)
verbal
b)
situational
c)
dramatic
7.
When contrast is made prominent by close placement, this is called:
a)
apostrophe
b)
antithesis
c)
epithet
d)
synecdoche
8.
An adjective or adjective phrase used to point out a characteristic of a person or thing with unusual exactness is called:
a)
allusion
b)
epithet
c)
synecdoche
d)
apostrophe
9.
A reference to another work within a poem is called:
a)
allusion
b)
illusion
c)
irony
d)
epithet
10.
When an inanimate object is given human qualities it is called:
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
allusion
d)
exaggeration
11.
An exaggeration or overstatement is referred to as:
a)
hyperbole
b)
allusion 
c)
assonance
d)
alliteration
12.
An object used in place of something it is commonly associated with is called:
a)
metaphor
b)
metonymy
c)
epithet
d)
simile
13.
A part of an object used in place of the entire thing is called 
a)
synecdoche
b)
epithet
c)
apostrophe
d)
antithesis
14.
When inanimate objects, absent/dead or people are spoken to as if they were there, it is called:
a)
allusion
b)
apostrophe
c)
metonymy
d)
epithet
15.
A contribution to the form is called:
a)
significance
b)
dignity
c)
beauty
d)
emotion