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Worksheets7th Grade Poetry Vocabulary
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Jubilant and Chipper are both
a)
Rhyme
b)
Antonyms
c)
Synonyms
d)
Apostrophes
2.
“Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.”
- from, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
What is this excerpt an example of?
- from, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
What is this excerpt an example of?
a)
a simile
b)
a banana
c)
an apostrophe
d)
irony
3.
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
What term best suits this poem?
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
What term best suits this poem?
a)
complex
b)
New York School
c)
Imagist
d)
concise
4.
Which is the term for a poem written about a painting:
a)
Sonnet
b)
WCW Poem
c)
New York School
d)
Ekphrastic Poem
5.
The continuation of a sentence or clause over a line break is called
a)
caesura
b)
pause
c)
enjambment
d)
lyrical moves
6.
How much can I fit
Into a Haiku format
Oh no I’m out of
This is a haiku. These types of moves and rules are the _____ of the poem.
Into a Haiku format
Oh no I’m out of
This is a haiku. These types of moves and rules are the _____ of the poem.
a)
stanza
b)
form
c)
acrostic
d)
sarcasm
7.
Which poetic device should not be used in Free Verse Poetry?
a)
simile
b)
imagism
c)
form
d)
death
8.
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
a)
poem
b)
stanza
c)
simile
d)
paragraph
9.
Bay, say, day, delay is an example of what?
a)
Rhyme
b)
Rhythm
c)
Song
d)
Mood
10.
Rhythm:
a)
Uses lots of alliteration
b)
is created by stressed and Unstressed syllables
c)
Comes from rhyme
d)
Sounds crispy when you read
11.
Which one is NOT a paradox or oxymoron
a)
This sentence is false
b)
Game plan
c)
Plastic silverware
d)
An easy challenge
12.
Taking work and making it your own, Using the same mood of another piece, Using the same object as in another poem, or Copying the tone of another piece is:
a)
Tone
b)
Parody
c)
Plagarism
13.
A lyrical poem that is meant to be sung:
a)
A rhyming haiku
b)
A tune
c)
A very short poem
d)
An ode
14.
How you feel when reading a poem is the…?
a)
Moon
b)
Tone
c)
Sound
d)
Mood
15.
What term means using stressed and unstressed syllable of rhythm to make a writing flow?
a)
Meter
b)
Tone
c)
Beat
d)
Rhyme
16.
“And it
Sat there with its
Head hanging low.”
The poet deliberately used enjambment to create breaks on the _____ as a move.
Sat there with its
Head hanging low.”
The poet deliberately used enjambment to create breaks on the _____ as a move.
a)
poem
b)
line
c)
words
17.
The sentence, “To end war we must make peace“ is an example of:
a)
Juxtaposition
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Opposition
18.
What is the name for a three-line poem that has seventeen syllables? (It is split lined: 5-7-5)
a)
Free verse
b)
Limerick
c)
Rhyme
d)
Haiku
19.
The rough cookie - the color of dirt - smelled of my mother's house and melted with delight in my mouth,” is an example of what?
a)
haiku
b)
iamb
c)
imagery
d)
meter
20.
“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day”
What is this line an example of?
What is this line an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Rhyme
c)
Iambic pentameter
d)
A soliloquy
21.
An item signifying meaning beyond its literal qualities holds
a)
Simile
b)
Meaning
c)
Mood
d)
Symbolism
22.
What is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words?
a)
Idiom
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Rhyme
23.
What do you call a brief reference to something or someone well known from history or legend.
a)
Illusion
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Pun
d)
Allusion
24.
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse! What is this an example of?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Idiom
c)
Allieration
d)
Pun
25.
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. This is an example of:
a)
Imagery
b)
Rhythm
c)
Idiom
d)
Allusion
26.
Boom! Pow! Wham!
What are these examples of?
What are these examples of?
a)
Juxtaposition
b)
Free Verse
c)
Haiku
d)
Onomatopoeia
27.
Which sample is an example of figurative language?
a)
The cow has spots.
b)
I really love eating jumbo shrimp.
c)
The dog is as dirty as a muddy pig
d)
The girl had to act naturally.
28.
“He is a Romeo”
This is an example of:
This is an example of:
a)
Simile
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
29.
The Daisy danced in the wind.
What is this an example of?
What is this an example of?
a)
Pun
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Form
30.
What is another example of a “play on words”?
a)
Pun
b)
Irony
c)
Simile
d)
Rhyme
31.
This is soft like a brick!
What is this an example of?
What is this an example of?
a)
Point of View
b)
Mood
c)
Verbal Irony
d)
Pun
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