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WorksheetsPoetry
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
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1.
A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.
a)
poem
b)
stanza
c)
line
d)
personification
2.
A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.
a)
line
b)
stanza
c)
rhythm
d)
anonymous
3.
When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another
Example: cat and hat
Example: cat and hat
a)
metaphor
b)
rhythm
c)
rhyme
d)
poem
4.
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
stanza
5.
A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
line
d)
stanza
6.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
imagery
7.
A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as".
a)
personification
b)
poem
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
8.
What is the figurative device that is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
allusion
d)
symbol
9.
Which sound device uses a pattern of rhyme?
a)
rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
c)
repetition
d)
rhyme scheme
10.
Which poetry form is defined by its lack structure and has no specific pattern?
a)
limerick
b)
haiku
c)
free verse
d)
concrete poem
11.
Which poetry term refers to the "narrator" of the poem?
a)
poet
b)
speaker
c)
stanza
d)
line
12.
Which poetry term refers to the writer of the poem?
a)
poet
b)
speaker
c)
stanza
d)
line
13.
THE MEssage about life that the poem or story tells
Ex: friendship, bravery, courage
Ex: friendship, bravery, courage
a)
alliteration
b)
tone
c)
theme
d)
stanza
14.
Two words that have the same ending sound are called...
a)
rhythm words
b)
repetitive words
c)
rhyming words
d)
stanza words
15.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.
My father is a bear in the morning.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
17.
Simile or Metaphor:
My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.
My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
18.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
19.
Which does not belong?
a)
line
b)
stanza
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
paragraph
20.
repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
couplet
d)
rhyme
21.
Betty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better.
This is an example of:
This is an example of:
a)
Imagery
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
22.
Little Lady Icicle is waking in the north-land,
And shaking in the north-land her pillow to and fro;
And the hurricane a-skirling
Sends the feathers all a-whirling
Where little Lady Icicle is waking in the snow.
And shaking in the north-land her pillow to and fro;
And the hurricane a-skirling
Sends the feathers all a-whirling
Where little Lady Icicle is waking in the snow.
a)
This stanza shows IMAGERY.
b)
This stanza shows SIMILE.
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