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poetry

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
2.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
3.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
5.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
6.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
7.
What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
a)
Refrain
b)
Rhyme
c)
Meter
d)
Simile
8.
Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?
a)
a)  Poet
b)
b)  Speaker
c)
c)  Stanza
d)
d)  Lines
9.
the message or moral of the story 
a)
theme
b)
main idea
c)
summary
d)
plot
10.
When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another
Example:  cat and hat
a)
metaphor
b)
rhythm
c)
rhyme
d)
poem
11.
Which poetry form is defined by its lack structure and has no specific pattern?
a)
limerick
b)
haiku
c)
free verse
d)
concrete poem
12.
Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
13.
Which does not belong?
a)
line
b)
stanza
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
paragraph