WorksheetsElements of Poety
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
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1.
How is onomatopoeia defined?
a)
the use of words that imitate sounds
b)
the use, more than once, of an element of language—a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence
c)
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language
d)
a word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses
2.
What is imagery?
a)
a word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses
b)
the use of words that imitate sounds
c)
the use, more than once, of an element of language—a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence
d)
the imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem
3.
What is a sound device?
a)
technique used by writers to give musical effects to their writing
b)
the imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem
c)
a group of lines in poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces
d)
the central message in a literary work
4.
What is a stanza?
a)
a group of lines in poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces
b)
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language
c)
a difference between people or things that are being compared
5.
What is repetition?
a)
the use, more than once, of an element of language—a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence
b)
the imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem
c)
the central message in a literary work
d)
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language
6.
What is rhythm?
a)
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language
b)
the use, more than once, of an element of language—a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence
c)
the use of words that imitate sounds
d)
a conclusion you draw about something that is not directly stated
7.
What is alliteration?
a)
the repetition of initial consonant sounds
b)
description that appeals to the five senses
c)
a poem’s rhythmical pattern
d)
a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
8.
A poem with a shape that suggests its subject is which form of poetry?
a)
concrete poem
b)
ballad
c)
free verse
d)
limerick
9.
What is a haiku?
a)
a three-line Japanese verse form of poetry that describes something in nature
b)
a song-like poem that tells a story
c)
a humorous, rhyming five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme
10.
What is a lyric poem?
a)
a highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker; and creates a single, unified impression
b)
a humorous, rhyming five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme
c)
a three-line Japanese verse form of poetry that describes something in nature
11.
What is a metaphor?
a)
a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else
b)
a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
12.
What is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics?
a)
personification
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
repetition
13.
How is rhyme defined?
a)
the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
b)
a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song
c)
the use of words that imitate sounds
14.
What is a simile?
a)
a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
b)
a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else
15.
What is a group of lines in poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces?
a)
stanza
b)
rhyme scheme
c)
refrain
d)
narrative poem
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