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WorksheetsPoetry Unit Exam Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 45mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is alliteration?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds at the beginning of a word in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
2.
What is assonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
3.
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using like or as.
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
stanza
4.
What is consonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
5.
I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
What did you do this time?!
6.
Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
Do chickens get goosebumps or chickenbumps?
7.
Until he picks up the pills, Tim will feel icky.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
Tim sure gets sick often
8.
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things, NOT using like or as.
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
stanza
9.
This type of figurative language exaggerates for effect.
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
stanza
10.
I will love you until the end of time is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
stanza
11.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
13.
What is "onomatopoeia" ?
a)
An exaggeration
b)
Sound words
c)
Rhyming words
d)
A form of imagery
14.
What is imagery?
a)
An exaggeration
b)
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
c)
The same beginning sound repeated
d)
Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses
15.
When human qualities are given to nonliving objects is:
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
personficiation
16.
Read the following stanza and decide which two poetic devices the author uses.
"I am Super Sampson Simpson,
I'm superlatively strong.
I like to carry elephants,
I do it all day long.
I pick up half a dozen
and hoist them in the air.
It's really somewhat simple,
for I have strength to spare."
"I am Super Sampson Simpson,
I'm superlatively strong.
I like to carry elephants,
I do it all day long.
I pick up half a dozen
and hoist them in the air.
It's really somewhat simple,
for I have strength to spare."
a)
simile, onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration, hyperbole
c)
metaphor, personification
17.
Read the following line of poetry and decide which two poetic devices the author
uses.
"He was a stainless steel ruler,
tall, straight and always measured in
response."
uses.
"He was a stainless steel ruler,
tall, straight and always measured in
response."
a)
onomatopoeia, simile
b)
alliteration, metaphor
c)
simile, hyperbole
18.
Read the following poem and decide which two poetic devices the author
uses.
"It sushes,
It hushes,
The loudness in the road.
It flitter-twitters,
And laughs away from me.
It laughs a lovely whiteness,
And whitely whirs away
To be some otherwhere.
Still white as milk or shirts,
So beautiful it hurts."
uses.
"It sushes,
It hushes,
The loudness in the road.
It flitter-twitters,
And laughs away from me.
It laughs a lovely whiteness,
And whitely whirs away
To be some otherwhere.
Still white as milk or shirts,
So beautiful it hurts."
a)
onomatopoeia, metaphor
b)
metaphor, hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia, personification
19.
Read the following poem and decide which two poetic devices the author
uses.
"At midnight in the museum hall,
The fossils gathered for a ball.
There were no drums or saxophones,
But just the clatter of their bones.
A rolling, rattling, carefree circus
Of mammoth polkas and mazurkas.
Pterodactyls and brontosauruses
Sang ghostly prehistoric choruses.
Amid the mastodontic wassail,
I caught the eye of one small fossil.
"Cheer up, sad world," he said, and winked--
"It's kind of fun to be extinct."
uses.
"At midnight in the museum hall,
The fossils gathered for a ball.
There were no drums or saxophones,
But just the clatter of their bones.
A rolling, rattling, carefree circus
Of mammoth polkas and mazurkas.
Pterodactyls and brontosauruses
Sang ghostly prehistoric choruses.
Amid the mastodontic wassail,
I caught the eye of one small fossil.
"Cheer up, sad world," he said, and winked--
"It's kind of fun to be extinct."
a)
personification, onomatopoeia
b)
simile, metaphor
c)
metaphor, alliteration
20.
Which of the following is a hyperbole?
a)
She is as pretty as a flower.
b)
She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
c)
She is a beautiful flower.
d)
She is very pretty.
21.
"Victoria vrooms in the van very vivaciously." is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
22.
What's the meaning of this metaphor?
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."
a)
Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.
b)
Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.
c)
Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.
d)
After the game, a tornado hit.
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