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WorksheetsPoetry Test Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Becky’s beagle barked and bayed.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
c)
Consonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
2.
I pray the day will come for me to enter the fray.
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Rhyme
d)
Alliteration
3.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
4.
Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.
a)
Sound
b)
Sight
c)
Taste
d)
Touch
5.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
6.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
8.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
9.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
10.
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
11.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
12.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
13.
What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
14.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
15.
What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
16.
What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
a)
Refrain
b)
Rhyme
c)
Meter
d)
Simile
17.
What is "onomatopoeia" ?
a)
An exaggeration
b)
Sound words
c)
Rhyming words
d)
A form of imagery
18.
When he heard the scream, claws of fear tore at his scalp.
a)
literal language
b)
figurative language
19.
The giraffe nibbled at the leaves on the tree.
a)
literal language
b)
figurative language
20.
sounds that imitate meanings
(pop, fizz, hiss)
(pop, fizz, hiss)
a)
alliteration
b)
consonance
c)
assonance
d)
onomatopoeia
21.
repeated vowel sounds
They roam the lonesome roads and never go home.
They roam the lonesome roads and never go home.
a)
alliteration
b)
consonance
c)
assonance
d)
onomatopoeia
22.
Which of the following word pairs is an example of alliteration?
a)
claws and paws
b)
head and heart
c)
ram and jam
23.
Which of the following pairs is an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
gurgle and babble
b)
flow and flower
c)
serve and protect
24.
Hiss, crack, boom!
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
repetition
d)
rhyme
25.
Dance and prance in a trance.
a)
repetition
b)
rhyme
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
26.
I want to dance, dance, dance, dance!
a)
repetition
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
rhyme
27.
He sells snails.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
rhyme
d)
repetition
28.
Groups of lines in a poem are called
a)
stanzas
b)
sections
c)
paragraphs
d)
parts
29.
When words end with the same sounds, the words
a)
verse
b)
rhyme
30.
The "beat" of the poem is called the
a)
rhythm
b)
rhyme
c)
stanza
d)
alliteration
31.
When a poem repeats sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines, he or she is using
a)
rhyme
b)
stanza
c)
repetition
d)
alliteration
32.
Imagery that uses words and phrases that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, & taste
a)
simile
b)
tone
c)
sensory detail
d)
theme
33.
What is the following statement an example of?
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
34.
What is the following statement an example of?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
35.
What is the following statement an example of?
I'm a riddle in nine syllables
I'm a riddle in nine syllables
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
36.
What is the following statement an example of?
The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.
The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
37.
Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be ___________.
a)
A single word
b)
A sentence
c)
A part of sentence
d)
All of the above
38.
Free verse poetry does not have...
a)
stanzas
b)
plot or conflict
c)
rhyme or rhythm
d)
serious topic
39.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
40.
The writer of a poem is called...
a)
poet
b)
illustrator
c)
author
d)
smart person
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