WorksheetsPoetry
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Arrangement of words or phrases in a sentence
a)
syntax
b)
diction
c)
assonance
d)
repetition
2.
An emotional feeling or the atmosphere the writer creates in or for the READER
a)
tone
b)
mood
c)
hyperbole
d)
symbolism
3.
The use of a litst of items, objects, actions, etc.
a)
form
b)
stanza
c)
structure
d)
catalog
4.
How a poem or text appears to be organized on papers; its shape
a)
structure
b)
form
c)
line
d)
stanza
5.
A reference to an important event, person, or object with which the writer believes the reader will know in order to elicit a response from the reader
a)
allusion
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
form
6.
When an author repeats a word or phrase to add emphasis or power
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
repetition
d)
alliteration
7.
Descriptive language that appeals to the reader's five senses and helps create mental images
a)
imagery
b)
hyperbole
c)
litote
d)
hyperbole
8.
When an author uses an object or event to represent something deeper or beyond teh actual meaning of the object itself
a)
imagery
b)
allusion
c)
syntax
d)
symbolism
9.
Comparison between two subjects that does NOT use like or as
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
diction
d)
syntax
10.
refers to the voice that speaks the poem and is NOT usually the actual author of the poem; also known as PERSONAL, which is Latin for mask
a)
personification
b)
symbolism
c)
speaker
d)
catalog
11.
Giving human characeristics to something that is not human
a)
imagery
b)
speaker
c)
symbolism
d)
personification
12.
Most basic unit of poetry; similar to a SENTENCE in prose
a)
line
b)
stanza
c)
syntax
d)
structure
13.
Comparison between two subjects that uses LIKE or AS
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
consonance
d)
simile
14.
Exaggeration (ex: I am so hungry I could eat a horse.)
a)
litote
b)
hyperbole
c)
consonance
d)
assonance
15.
A group of lines; similar to a PARAGRAPH in prose
a)
structure
b)
syntax
c)
stanza
d)
diction
16.
Repetition of a consonant sound anywhere in words used closely to one another
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
alliteration
d)
repetition
17.
Repetition of a VOWEL sound in non-rhyming words used close to one another
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
alliteration
d)
repetition
18.
Under exaggeration; using a negative statement to affirm a positive (ex: I'm sure that trigonometry quiz won't be a BIT hard.)
a)
hyperbole
b)
litote
c)
syntax
d)
form
19.
Repetition of a consonant sound at the BEGINNING of words used close to one another
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
alliteration
d)
repetition
20.
How a poem or text is organized internally based on IDEAS
a)
structure
b)
form
c)
syntax
d)
diction
21.
The attitude the writer has toward the theme or topic of a text
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
symbolism
d)
structure
22.
An author's word choice
a)
diction
b)
tone
c)
mood
d)
syntax
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