WorksheetsPerusing Poems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem?
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
repetition
d)
rhyme
2.
What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?
a)
stanza
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
optical illusion
d)
imagery
3.
What are words that imitate sounds?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
synonyms
4.
What is a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?
a)
personification
b)
verse
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
5.
What is personification?
a)
A person emphasizing something in a poem.
b)
An object or animal taking on human characteristics.
c)
A type of poem that tells about a person's life.
d)
A type of poetry that uses metaphors to describe a person.
6.
Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?
a)
a) Poet
b)
b) Speaker
c)
c) Stanza
d)
d) Lines
7.
Poetry that does not have a set rhyming pattern.
a)
a) Patterned
b)
b) Free Verse
c)
c) Rhymed
d)
d) Humorous
8.
How is poetry written? (structure)
a)
a) Sentences & paragraphs
b)
b) Sentences
c)
c) Lines & paragraphs
d)
d) Lines & stanzas
9.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Refrain
d)
Hyperbole
11.
____________ is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as".
a)
Simile
b)
Synonym
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
12.
_________ is a big exaggeration, usually with humor.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
13.
the message or moral of the story
a)
theme
b)
main idea
c)
summary
d)
plot
14.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
15.
A line is like a _______ in a poem.
a)
sentence
b)
stanza
c)
story
d)
verse
16.
A __________is like a paragraph in a poem.
a)
author
b)
stanza
c)
line
d)
sentence
17.
the reason the author writes (persuade, inform, entertain)
a)
point of view
b)
author's purpose
c)
author's style
d)
fact
18.
How the poem makes the reader feel.
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
poet
d)
lines
19.
What is the main idea of the following poem:
The horse stood tall
Above them all.
He towered like a king
Such a beautiful thing.
He trotted with grace
With a perfect pace
The blue ribbon all a glow
He had finally won the show.
The horse stood tall
Above them all.
He towered like a king
Such a beautiful thing.
He trotted with grace
With a perfect pace
The blue ribbon all a glow
He had finally won the show.
a)
The horse won the show
b)
The horse is ugly
c)
The horse was tired
d)
The horse was up on a hill
20.
A speaker in the poem is the __________.
a)
author
b)
Narrator
c)
illustrator
d)
teacher
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