WorksheetsJabberwocky, Sarah Cynthia...Two Limericks
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a sound device?
a)
rhyme
b)
humor
c)
description
d)
context
2.
The use of words that sound like their meanings is called
a)
repetition
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
description
d)
alliteration
3.
Which type of poetry is “Jabberwocky”?
a)
narrative
b)
lyric
c)
humorous
d)
limerick
4.
Which pair of words rhyme from “Jabberwocky”?
a)
toves, wabe
b)
sought, stood
c)
head, back
d)
son, shun
5.
The Jabberwock is a
a)
sword
b)
lake
c)
forest
d)
monster
6.
Which of the following finally makes Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout take the garbage out?
a)
Her father screams at her.
b)
Garbage covers the floor.
c)
Friends will not come to play.
d)
Garbage reaches across the state.
7.
Which lines are an example of repetition in “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”?
a)
lines 1 and 3
b)
lines 2 and 5
c)
lines 2 and 6
d)
lines 5 and 6
8.
What is the ending of “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”?
a)
Sarah takes out the garbage.
b)
Something bad happens to Sarah.
c)
The garbage becomes a bridge.
d)
Her father takes out the garbage.
9.
In the first limerick, what does the old man do?
a)
goes to sleep
b)
makes candles
c)
dances all night
d)
changes clothes
10.
How are all of these poems alike?
a)
They all are about girls.
b)
Each poem is funny.
c)
All the poems are true stories.
d)
They are all short.
11.
Which of the following describes alliteration?
a)
the repetition of a word or phrase more than once
b)
the use of words that sound like their meanings
c)
the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words
d)
descriptions exaggerated for comic effect
12.
Poets use sound devices to make their poems
a)
musical and memorable
b)
intense and classical
c)
personal and private
d)
serious and thought-provoking
13.
Which line from “Jabberwocky” contains an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!”
b)
“So rested he by the Tumtum tree,”
c)
“He left it dead, and with its head”
d)
“He went galumphing back.”
14.
Which context clue helps you define “greens” as vegetables in line 17 of “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”?
a)
“pizza crusts”
b)
“soggy beans”
c)
“gloppy glumps”
d)
“and tangerines”
15.
Which phrase from “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout . . . ” uses descriptions that are exaggerated for comic effect?
a)
“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout/Would not take the garbage out!”
b)
“Brown bananas, rotten peas,/Chunks of sour cottage cheese.”
c)
“Greasy napkins, cookie crumbs,/ Globs of gooey bubble gum,”
d)
“At last the garbage reached so high/ That it finally touched the sky.”
16.
Which of the following is an example of alliteration from “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout . . . ”?
a)
“And so it piled up to the ceiling”
b)
“Prune pits, peach pits, orange peel”
c)
“The garbage rolled on down the hall”
d)
“Eggshells mixed with lemon custard”
17.
Which context clue helps you understand how much garbage has piled up in “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”?
a)
“She’d scour the pots and scrape the pans,/Candy the yams and spice the hams”
b)
With bacon rinds and chicken bones,/ Drippy ends of ice cream cones,”
c)
“The garbage reached across the state,/ From New York to the Golden Gate.”
d)
“That I cannot right now relate/ Because the hour is much too late”
18.
It is too late for Sarah to take out the garbage because
a)
her father took it out
b)
it is past her bedtime
c)
the amount is far too large
d)
city workers took it away
19.
In the two limericks, each line ends with
a)
a repeated consonant
b)
a rhyming word
c)
an exaggerated description
d)
an example of onomatopoeia
20.
Which of the following do all of these poems all have in common?
a)
Exaggerated characters performing everyday chores
b)
A serious message relayed in a funny manner.
c)
A series of images that appeal to the senses.
d)
Characteristics associated with humorous poetry.
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