WorksheetsPoetic Sounds
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
butterfly
shy
multiply
kite
light
rewrite
Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the chunks...
stanzas
sections
paragraphs
Wait...we don't call them chunks!?!?
( /= line break)
Words that end in both the same vowel and the same consonant sound (sun and run) is a suitable definition for ....
exact rhyme
slant rhyme
masculine rhyme
feminine rhyme
Words that end in similar but not exact sounds (prove and love) is a a suitable definition for ....
exact rhyme
slant rhyme
masculine rhyme
feminine rhyme
Rhyming words that fall at the ends of lines of poetry is a suitable definition for ...
slant rhyme
alternating rhyme
end rhyme
exact rhyme
The red words in the following line are an example of ...
(The mouse in the house woke the cat.)
end rhyme
alternating rhyme
slant rhyme
internal rhyme
When rhyming words come at the ends of the lines we call it ...
internal rhyme
couplet
stanza
end rhyme
Complete the following with alliteration.
Let's find a cafe and order ________, __________ and __________.
egg, chips and cola
coffee, cakes and tea
coffee, cakes and cola
fish, chips and coffee
Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
*What is the onomatopoeia?
grumbling
teacher
hearing
stomach
A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP can be described as:
Onomatopoeia
hyperbole
Our feet squished in the mud. Squished is an example of ...
simile
onomatopoeia
Which word(s) do NOT rhyme with "Conspire"?
Quagmire
Desire
There
Fire
What is the rhyme scheme?
I love my cat-
She sure is cute.
She lays on the mat
and meows all day.
AABB
ABAC
ABCD
ABCA
What is the rhyme scheme?
Hey! Friend!
Don't be blue!
I can mend
the hole in your shoe!
ABAB
ABCB
ACBC
BABA
If the rhyme scheme of this stanza is AAAB, what word would go in the blank?
The shoes on my feet are too tight-
To pull them off takes all my might.
One day I might get in a fight,
But for now I will ______________.
say goodnight
go to sleep
fly a kite
look to the right
If the rhyme scheme of the poem is ABCB, what should go in the blank?
Coffee is my favorite drink-
I love the bitter taste.
A hot cup daily keeps me going.
Not a drop will __________________.
Get poured in the sink
Be left behind
Go to waste
remain
A skunk sat on a stump.
The stump thought the skunk stunk.
The skunk thought the stump stunk .
What stunk the skunk or the stump?
This tongue twister is an example of ...
onomatopoeia
alliteration
What's a tongue twister?
Wait...why was a skunk on a stump?!?!
