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WorksheetsPoetry Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem.
a)
paragraph
b)
sentence
c)
stanza
d)
words
2.
Giving human attributes to nonhuman things.
a)
personal
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
humanity
3.
words used to imitate sounds like boom
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
sounds
c)
repetition
d)
rhyme
4.
Two things compared using the word “like” or “as.”
a)
similar
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
5.
an extreme exaggeration
a)
exaggerate
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
poem
6.
A writing technique in which similar sounds at the beginning of words are repeated.
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
repeating
d)
rhyme
7.
Poetry that has no set meter and which typically does not rhyme.
a)
free verse
b)
bio poem
c)
rhyming
d)
repeating
8.
two things compared not using “like” or “as”
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
comparing
9.
That poem has 16 lines broken down into 4 __________________.
a)
stanzas
b)
paragraphs
c)
sentences
d)
words
10.
The wind danced across the meadow is an example of _______________________.
a)
alliteration
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
personification
11.
Zap!! Zoom!! are examples of ______________
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
repetition
c)
verbs
d)
nouns
12.
He is as sweet as pie is an example of ___________.
a)
metaphor
b)
a boy
c)
simile
d)
similar people
13.
It's going to take me ten years to finish this quiz--example of __________________.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
nouns
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
14.
Sally sell sea shells by the sea shore is an example of ________________.
a)
similes
b)
metaphors
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
15.
Harmony wrote a _________________ poem. It had no rhyme and no set meter.
a)
free verse
b)
quatrain
c)
poem
d)
haiku
16.
She is a tornado running through the house.--An example of _______________
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
weather
d)
hyperbole
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