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WorksheetsPoetry Unit 4
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 33mins
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1.
Identify the rhyme scheme in the following poem:If We Must Die
If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Marking their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen! We must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
Claude McKay, 1889-1948
If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Marking their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen! We must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
Claude McKay, 1889-1948
a)
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b)
ababcdcdefefgg
c)
aabbaabbcdcdee
d)
aabbaabbccddee
2.
Consider the following poem:
Symphony in Yellow
An omnibus across the bridge
Crawls like a yellow butterfly,
And, here and there, a passer-by
Shows like a little restless midge.Big barges full of yellow hay
Are moored against the shadowy wharf,
And like a yellow silken scarf,
The thick fog hangs along the quay.The yellow leaves begin to fade
And flutter from the Temple elms,
And at my feet the pale green Thames
Lies like a rod of rippled jade.
Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900
What literary device is used in every stanza?
Symphony in Yellow
An omnibus across the bridge
Crawls like a yellow butterfly,
And, here and there, a passer-by
Shows like a little restless midge.Big barges full of yellow hay
Are moored against the shadowy wharf,
And like a yellow silken scarf,
The thick fog hangs along the quay.The yellow leaves begin to fade
And flutter from the Temple elms,
And at my feet the pale green Thames
Lies like a rod of rippled jade.
Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900
What literary device is used in every stanza?
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
simile
3.
Consider the following poem:
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.
Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
Whitman's poem is written in what style?
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.
Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
Whitman's poem is written in what style?
a)
sonnet
b)
haiku
c)
free verse
d)
terza rima
4.
Shakespeare is most famous for this style of poetry.
a)
sonnet
b)
sestina
c)
ballad
d)
limerick
5.
A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:
a)
Metaphor
b)
Sound
c)
Onomotopoeia
d)
Rhythm
6.
Hyperboles are phrases that
a)
compare two unlike things
b)
exaggerate
c)
give person-like qualities to animals and things
d)
have a different meaning than the words.
7.
Our feet squished in the mud.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
none
8.
"Victoria vrooms in the van very vivaciously." is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
9.
Give an example of personification
a)
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
b)
The sun is like a light bulb
c)
The Sun smiled at us
d)
I want to be awesome
10.
Which one of these could be a personification?
a)
He is as slow as a turtle
b)
The tornado ran through town without a care
c)
BOOM!!
d)
I'm just too lazy to pick another answer
11.
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
12.
Identify the Simile below...
a)
The tree danced in the wind.
b)
She is as tall as a tree!
c)
That cat is the devil.
d)
My backpack weighs a thousand tons!
13.
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.
14.
What is a simile?
a)
A comparison using like or as
b)
A comparison not using like or as
c)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
d)
A word that is a sound
15.
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
16.
When two or more words have the same sound at the ends of lines is:
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
rhyme
17.
When several words begin with the same consonant sound in a row is:
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
18.
"Her ruby slippers glowed like embers in a fire" is an example of what figurative language?
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
19.
What is repetition?
a)
Repeating the beginning sounds of words
b)
Retelling what the poem was about
c)
Repeating words, lines, or stanzas in a poem for emphasis
d)
A pattern of rhyme in a poem
20.
What is a stanza?
a)
A group of words or a phrase in a poem
b)
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in poetry
c)
a pattern of rhyme in a poem
d)
repeating words, phrases, or lines for emphasis
21.
a writer’s choice of words
a)
diction
b)
rhyme scheme
c)
structure
22.
a poem with fourteen lines that follows a regular rhyme pattern and is usually written in iambic pentameter
a)
sonnet
b)
couplet
c)
idiom
23.
a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject or toward an audience
a)
tone
b)
diction
c)
couplet
24.
ordinary form of spoken or written language without metrical structure (stories, articles, novels)
a)
prose
b)
diction
c)
tone
25.
descriptive language that appeals to our senses
a)
imagery
b)
sonnet
c)
metaphor
26.
the emotional influence of a word
a)
connotation
b)
structure
c)
simile
27.
a rhyme that occurs in two consecutive (back to back) lines of poetry
a)
couplet
b)
meter
c)
tone
28.
the voice talking to the reader in a poem
a)
speaker
b)
tone
c)
prose
29.
A poem that sounds similar to everyday speech (with no rhyme or meter) is called...
a)
free verse
b)
captive verse
c)
acrostic
30.
the repetition of vowel sounds
a)
assonance
b)
diction
c)
prose
31.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.
Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
32.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The run down house looked depressed.
The run down house looked depressed.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
33.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Life is one long, adventurous roller coaster.
Life is one long, adventurous roller coaster.
a)
simile
b)
onomatopeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
34.
a reference to a well known person, place, thing, or event
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
allusion
35.
What is the definition of theme?
a)
how an author reveals a character's traits
b)
time and place a story takes place
c)
character vs. self
d)
the lesson learned by reading a piece of literature
36.
Figurative language is
a)
not understood literally, with a deeper meaning
b)
words taken at their most basic meaning
c)
comparison to help understanding
d)
using the 5 senses in writing
37.
Repetition is ______
a)
extreme exaggeration
b)
repeating a word
c)
repetition of vowels
d)
repetition of the initial consonant
38.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's general attitude in a piece of writing
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
39.
This is an example of:
He was a Romeo with the ladies.
He was a Romeo with the ladies.
a)
Allusion
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Similie
d)
Pun
40.
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
a)
Her hair is red.
b)
She talks really loudly.
c)
She gets really angry.
d)
She spits when she talks.
41.
What is the mood of a story or poem?
a)
attitude of the speaker, character, or narrator
b)
repetition of sounds
c)
how the protagonist feels
d)
the feeling created in the audience by the words of the writer
42.
BAM! The door shut behind me.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
idiom
43.
The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
44.
The sad student sat silently in the room.
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
idiom
d)
personification
45.
Which sentence is a metaphor?
a)
Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle.
b)
All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines.
c)
Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin!
d)
The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time.
46.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
47.
Imagery appeals to the ______________.
a)
brain
b)
senses
c)
animals
d)
memory
48.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
49.
Poetry is written according to what kind of structure?
a)
a) Sentences & paragraphs
b)
b) Sentences
c)
c) Lines & paragraphs
d)
d) Lines & stanzas
50.
Onomatopoeias, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, idioms, and personification are all types of...
a)
figurative language
b)
sensory language
c)
genres
d)
media
51.
Rhyme that is not perfect rhyme is
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Approximate/Slant Rhyme
c)
End Rhyme
52.
The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines in a poem (ex. aabba)
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Rhyme Scheme
d)
Free Verse
53.
Match the definition to the poetry term:
Definition:
the author's choice of particular words opposed to others
Definition:
the author's choice of particular words opposed to others
a)
diction
b)
connotation
c)
dennotation
d)
freeverse
54.
Match the definition to the poetry term:
Definition:
the literal, dictionary definition of a word
Definition:
the literal, dictionary definition of a word
a)
diction
b)
couplet
c)
iamb
d)
dennotation
55.
Identify the rhyme scheme.
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
I'm out of my head.
With thinking of you.
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
I'm out of my head.
With thinking of you.
a)
ABAB
b)
AABB
c)
BABA
d)
ABCA
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