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Poetic Sounds

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is rhyme scheme?
a)
I don't know. 
b)
Don't care. 
c)
Don't like poetry.
d)
The pattern of the rhyme in a poem. 
2.
Which word rhymes with all three?
butterfly
shy
multiply
a)
bite
b)
eye
c)
ugly
d)
many
3.
What is the next part of the rhyme scheme?
a)
DD
b)
EE
c)
FF
d)
AA
4.
Which word does not rhyme with the following three?
kite
light
rewrite
a)
stoplight
b)
meteorite
c)
satellite
d)
sigh
5.
What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
AA BB CC
b)
A B A B
c)
AA BB AA
d)
A B C B
6.

Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the chunks...

a)

stanzas

b)

sections

c)

paragraphs

d)

Wait...we don't call them chunks!?!?

7.
Rhyme scheme?
a)
A B C D
b)
A B A B A B A
c)
A A B B C C
d)
A B C
8.
What is internal rhyme?
a)
Where two words rhyme at the end of lines in poetry
b)
Where two words in the same line rhyme
9.
Which answer choice is an example of internal rhyme?
( /= line break)
a)
The cat is on the mat/ the cat likes to drink milk
b)
The ball is round/ It soars through town
c)
Purple lollipops are tasty/ I eat them every day
10.

Words that end in both the same vowel and the same consonant sound (sun and run) is a suitable definition for ....

a)

exact rhyme

b)

slant rhyme

c)

masculine rhyme

d)

feminine rhyme

11.

Words that end in similar but not exact sounds (prove and love) is a a suitable definition for ....

a)

exact rhyme

b)

slant rhyme

c)

masculine rhyme

d)

feminine rhyme

12.

Rhyming words that fall at the ends of lines of poetry is a suitable definition for ...

a)

slant rhyme

b)

alternating rhyme

c)

end rhyme

d)

exact rhyme

13.

The red words in the following line are an example of ...

(The mouse in the house woke the cat.)

a)

end rhyme

b)

alternating rhyme

c)

slant rhyme

d)

internal rhyme

14.

When rhyming words come at the ends of the lines we call it ...

a)

internal rhyme

b)

couplet

c)

stanza

d)

end rhyme

15.
Choose the best alliteration definition:
a)
The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
c)
The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.
16.

Complete the following with alliteration.

Let's find a cafe and order ________, __________ and __________.

a)

egg, chips and cola

b)

coffee, cakes and tea

c)

coffee, cakes and cola

d)

fish, chips and coffee

17.

Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.

*What is the onomatopoeia?

a)

grumbling

b)

teacher

c)

hearing

d)

stomach

18.

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP can be described as:

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

19.

Our feet squished in the mud. Squished is an example of ...

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

20.

Which word(s) do NOT rhyme with "Conspire"?

a)

Quagmire

b)

Desire

c)

There

d)

Fire

21.

What is the rhyme scheme?


I love my cat-

She sure is cute.

She lays on the mat

and meows all day.

a)

AABB

b)

ABAC

c)

ABCD

d)

ABCA

22.

What is the rhyme scheme?


Hey! Friend!

Don't be blue!

I can mend

the hole in your shoe!

a)

ABAB

b)

ABCB

c)

ACBC

d)

BABA

23.

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 ______________.

a)

say goodnight

b)

go to sleep

c)

fly a kite

d)

look to the right

24.

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 __________________.

a)

Get poured in the sink

b)

Be left behind

c)

Go to waste

d)

remain

25.

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 ...

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

What's a tongue twister?

d)

Wait...why was a skunk on a stump?!?!