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WorksheetsPoetry
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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1.
The message of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is that lying is bad.
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What is this an example of?
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What is this an example of?
a)
Mood
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Rhythm
d)
Theme
2.
Which sentence contains IMAGERY (sensory details)?
a)
The man bought groceries.
b)
The man bought lots of groceries for home.
c)
The tall, dark-haired man bought groceries in brightly-colored packages.
d)
The man went to the store.
3.
When you stretch the truth or exaggerate.
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Ex: "It's so hot, you could fry an egg on the sidewalk."
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Ex: "It's so hot, you could fry an egg on the sidewalk."
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Metaphor
d)
Stanza
4.
The repetition of consonants at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Ex: She sells seashells by the seashore.
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Ex: She sells seashells by the seashore.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Tone
c)
Rhyme Scheme
d)
Alliteration
5.
What is RHYME SCHEME?
a)
The beat of a poem.
b)
Rhymes occurring inside the LINES of a poem.
c)
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ENDS of the LINES of a poem. (Marked with A, B, etc.)
d)
The "paragraph" of a poem.
6.
A group of lines in a poem. It's like the "paragraph" of poetry.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Stanza
d)
End Rhyme
7.
What is an example of ONOMATOPOEIA?
a)
Red
b)
House
c)
Football
d)
Buzz
8.
Which sentence uses ALLITERATION?
a)
Silence is golden.
b)
He bakes brown bread.
c)
They fly as high as eagles.
d)
The car is shiny.
9.
What do you call a comparison of 2 unlike things that does NOT use "like" or "as"?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Onomatopoeia
10.
Which one is a METAPHOR?
a)
Silence is golden.
b)
He bakes brown bread.
c)
They fly as high as eagles.
d)
The car is shiny.
11.
An IDIOM is a common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. Which of these is an idiom?
a)
He bakes brown bread.
b)
It's a piece of cake!
c)
I like rollercoasters.
d)
What is that?
12.
What is the RHYME SCHEME of this poem?
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Roses are red,
We have the flu.
I can't smell anything
And neither can you.
a)
A, C, A, B
b)
A, B, C, B
c)
A, B, C, C
d)
A, B, A, B
13.
TONE is the attitude a writer takes toward the subject. Which term means the emotion created in the reader?
a)
Theme
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Mood
14.
"That ice cream is calling my name!"
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What is this an example of?
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What is this an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
End Rhyme
c)
Personification
d)
Onomatopoeia
15.
This word describes a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound in a poem -- the "beat".
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Rhythm
c)
Stanza
d)
Line
16.
What kind of rhyme is this?
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I know Mary won't date Harry.
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I know Mary won't date Harry.
a)
End Rhyme
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Stanza
d)
Internal Rhyme
17.
What kind of RHYME is this?
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Sandra sat upon the stair,
Weaving flowers in her hair.
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Metaphor
c)
End Rhyme
d)
Imagery
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