WorksheetsPoetry 101
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An extensive, serious poem that tells the story about a heroic figure is called a/an ...
a)
Elegy
b)
Epic
c)
Eloquent
d)
Epitaph
2.
A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or a song is a ...
a)
Rhythm
b)
Free verse
c)
Stanza
d)
Refrain
3.
The use of words to imitate sounds is ...
a)
Narrative
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Oxymoron
4.
Can poems include similes?
a)
Yes
b)
No
5.
Who wrote the famous poem "The Raven?"
a)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
b)
Robert Burns
c)
Percy Bysshe Shelley
d)
Edgar Allan Poe
6.
Writing that is not meant to be taken literally is ...
a)
Conversational language
b)
Figurative language
c)
Concrete language
d)
Grammatically incorrect language
7.
"A penny for your thoughts" is an example of a/an ...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
8.
Language that appeals to one of the five senses is ...
a)
Imagery
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Annoying
9.
A poem that is often silly or whimsical, written in five lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme, these often tell a short, humorous story. These are ...
a)
Haikus
b)
Limericks
c)
Jokes
d)
Ballads
10.
One of the most famous types of poetry, this was popular with Dante and Shakespeare. It contains 14 lines, typically with two rhyming stanzas known as a rhyming couplet at the end. This is a/an ...
a)
Elegy
b)
Sonnet
c)
Epic
d)
Pentameter
11.
Poems can be ...
a)
Fiction
b)
Non-fiction
c)
Both
12.
A poem that depicts rural life in a peaceful, romanticized way is ...
a)
Petrarchan
b)
Pastoral
c)
Ode
d)
Ballad
13.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds is ...
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Imagery
14.
Which of these is not a famous poet?
a)
Robert Frost
b)
Canon Day
c)
Maya Angelou
d)
Shel Silverstein
15.
Do poems have to rhyme?
a)
Yes
b)
No
16.
This is a Japanese form of poetry which is composed of three non rhyming lines, the first and third lines have five syllables each and the second line has seven syllables. It is called a ...
a)
Limerick
b)
Epic
c)
Sonnet
d)
Haiku
17.
A poem that has letters, usually the first in each line, form a word or message when read in a sequence is a/an ...
a)
Sestina
b)
Ballad
c)
Acrostic
d)
Boring
18.
Who wrote the poem "Jabberwocky?" and the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
a)
Lewis Carroll
b)
E.B. White
c)
C.S. Lewis
d)
T.S. Eliot
19.
This type of poem is two lines which may be rhymed or unrhymed. It is a ...
a)
Epic
b)
Couplet
c)
Goblet
d)
Concrete
20.
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” is ...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Narrative
d)
Personification
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