WorksheetsPoetic Elements Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which term describes the structure of a poem?
a)
form
b)
stanza
c)
rhyme
d)
rhythm
2.
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses are called...
a)
imagery
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
stanza
d)
rhyme
3.
Read the following poem. It is an example of which of the following?
How To Eat a Poem
by Eve Merriam
Don't be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that
may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.
You do not need a knife or fork or spoon
or plate or napkin or tablecloth.
For there is no core
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
or skin
to throw away.
How To Eat a Poem
by Eve Merriam
Don't be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that
may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.
You do not need a knife or fork or spoon
or plate or napkin or tablecloth.
For there is no core
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
or skin
to throw away.
a)
symbolism
b)
theme
c)
extended metaphor
d)
rhyme scheme
4.
Read the following stanza from "Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House." Pay attention to the words in red.
The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,
The words in read are an example of...
The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,
The words in read are an example of...
a)
alliteration
b)
rhyme
5.
What do you notice about how this poem sounds?
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
a)
There is onomatopoeia
b)
There is rhyming
6.
Read the following poem.
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
a)
ABCB
b)
ABAB
c)
ABBA
7.
Read the following poem. Pay attention to the lines in red.
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
What type of figurative language is in the red lines?
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
What type of figurative language is in the red lines?
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
8.
Read the following poem.
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Which of the following big ideas and themes best fits this poem?
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Which of the following big ideas and themes best fits this poem?
a)
dreams/Birds cannot fly when it is cold outside.
b)
winter/Life without dreams is like winter.
c)
dreams/You will lose your dreams if you do not follow them.
d)
dreams/Dreams and birds have a lot in common.
9.
What type of figurative language is present in the following excerpt from "Worlds Afire?"
I thought a tiger’s swipe
was fast
until I saw the fire spread.
It was like a dam burst -
water rushing
with no purpose
except to move.
I thought a tiger’s swipe
was fast
until I saw the fire spread.
It was like a dam burst -
water rushing
with no purpose
except to move.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
10.
Bang! Snap!
These words are examples of...
These words are examples of...
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
rhyme
d)
rhythm
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