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WorksheetsPoetry Know-It-All Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
2.
"Boom," "Crack," and "Buzz" are examples of what?
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Onomotopoeia
c)
Imagery
d)
Allusion
3.
"Pink and purple popsicles" is an example of ___________.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
4.
The sun smiled warmly at us.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
5.
The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
6.
After the ball was run over by the car, it was as flat as a pancake.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
7.
Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
8.
During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simlie
b)
Metaphor
9.
How many lines does a haiku have?
a)
5
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
10.
In what country did haiku originate?
a)
USA
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
India
11.
What is the structure of syllables in the lines of a haiku?
a)
3 - 5 - 3
b)
5 - 7 - 5
c)
9 - 7 - 9
d)
1 - 3 - 1
12.
What is a limerick?
a)
14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas
b)
Seventeen syllables in 3 lines
c)
Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape
d)
A funny poem that is 5 lines long
13.
What rhymes with box?
a)
Socks
b)
Hop
c)
Truck
d)
Goose
14.
Which word rhymes with ship?
a)
bed
b)
net
c)
trip
d)
floor
15.
Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.
a)
Sound
b)
Sight
c)
Taste
d)
Touch
16.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
18.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
19.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
20.
What kind of poetry is highly musical and may have the words of a song?
a)
Lyric Poetry
b)
Rhythm
c)
Haiku Poetry
d)
Limerick Poetry
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