WorksheetsPoetry Pretest
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are words that imitate sounds?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
synonyms
2.
What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem?
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
repetition
d)
rhyme
3.
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
4.
What is a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?
a)
personification
b)
verse
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
5.
Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?
a)
Poet
b)
Speaker
c)
Stanza
d)
Lines
6.
Poetry that does not have a set rhyming pattern.
a)
Patterned
b)
Free Verse
c)
Rhymed
d)
Humorous
7.
How is poetry written (structure)
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
8.
Onomatopoeias, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, idioms, and personification are all types of...
a)
figurative language
b)
sensory language
c)
genres
d)
media
9.
Poetry that has a plot, characters, and tells a story is called...
a)
free verse
b)
humorous poetry
c)
narrative poetry
d)
lyrical poetry
10.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The order/pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
a)
Internal rhyme
b)
Meter
c)
Alphabetical Order
d)
Rhyme Scheme
12.
The snow is a white blanket.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
13.
_________ is a big exaggeration, usually with humor.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
14.
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
15.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
a)
Simile
b)
Refrain
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
16.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors."
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors."
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Refrain
17.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle."
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle."
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Personification
18.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
19.
Which poetry term refers to the "narrator" of the poem?
a)
poet
b)
speaker
c)
stanza
d)
line
20.
Which poetry term refers to the writer of the poem?
a)
poet
b)
speaker
c)
stanza
d)
line
21.
When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another
Example: cat and hat
Example: cat and hat
a)
metaphor
b)
rhythm
c)
rhyme
d)
poem
22.
A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.
a)
line
b)
stanza
c)
rhythm
d)
anonymous
23.
Which poetry form is defined by its lack structure and has no specific pattern?
a)
limerick
b)
haiku
c)
free verse
d)
concrete poem
24.
What is a "refrain" ?
a)
The last line of a poem
b)
The first line of a poem
c)
A line that is repeated
d)
A line that rhymes
25.
This is the literal dictionary definition of a word.
a)
denotation
b)
connotation
c)
repetition
d)
dictionary
26.
This is the ideas and feelings associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral)
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
connotation
d)
denotation
27.
An underlying message about life or human nature that a writer wants the reader to understand
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
theme
d)
pun
28.
A figure of speech where two words that contradict are put together. Example: "Jumbo Shrimp"
a)
pun
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
29.
The way a poem looks is its ____________.
a)
Stanza
b)
Set-up
c)
Structure
d)
Sentences
30.
A reference to a famous person, place, event, or piece of literature is called a(n) ________.
a)
inference
b)
metaphor
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
allusion
31.
What is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words?
a)
Repetition
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Rhyme
32.
Betty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better.
This is an example of:
This is an example of:
a)
Imagery
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
33.
Reading Poetry is Fun
a)
True
b)
False
34.
rhymes within lines of poetry
a)
rhyme
b)
complete rhyme
c)
internal rhyme
d)
end rhyme
35.
rhymes at the ends of lines of poetry
a)
end rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
c)
complete rhyme
d)
rhyme
36.
poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the writer or speaker; songlike quality or set to a beat
a)
free verse
b)
ballad
c)
lyric poem
d)
rapology
37.
giving human qualities to nonhuman things
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
prose
38.
The attitude the poem's narrator takes toward a subject or character.
a)
Tone
b)
Diction
c)
Meter
d)
Symbol
39.
The author's specific word choice.
a)
Meter
b)
Tone
c)
Diction
d)
Rhythm
40.
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. I like fire.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Consonance
c)
Assonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
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