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STAAR Poetry Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is poetry?

a)

Research on a topic

b)

An expression of feelings and ideas

c)

A short, make-believe story

d)

An essay

2.

What is the author's purpose for writing a poem?

a)

Persuade

b)

Describe

c)

Inform

d)

Entertain

3.

The poet is the

a)

reader of the poem

b)

speaker of the poem

c)

main character of a poem

d)

Author of the poem

4.

The speaker of the poem is the

a)

one speaking in the poem (narrator)

b)

poet

c)

author of the poem

d)

person talking out loud

5.

The stanzas in a poem are

a)

the lines of the poem

b)

the words on the page

c)

like sentences

d)

like paragraphs

6.

The lines of a poem are

a)

the stanzas

b)

like sentences

c)

words in the poem

d)

like paragraphs

7.

The tone of the poem is the author's

a)

mood

b)

theme

c)

attitude

d)

clue

8.

The theme of a piece of writing is the

a)

lesson the reader can learn

b)

entire piece of writing

c)

author's attitude

d)

message for the reader

9.

In order to make an inference, I need to use

a)

a strategy

b)

text evidence

c)

background knowledge

d)

context clues

10.

I use context clues (5 strategies) to

a)

determine the meaning of a word

b)

get text evidence

c)

gain background knowledge

d)

learn something

11.

Figurative Language uses

a)

context clues to create meaning

b)

dictionary skills to create meaning

c)

words or expression to create meaning

d)

a theme or message

12.

What is the correct definition of alliteration?

a)

a sound that suggests a meaning

b)

compares 2 things using like or as

c)

repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words

d)

gives something non-human a human quality

13.

What is the correct definition of onomatopoeia?

a)

compares 2 things without using like or as

b)

a sound that suggests a meaning

c)

an exaggeration

d)

repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words

14.

What is the correct definition of a simile?

a)

an exaggeration

b)

compares 2 things

c)

compares nothing

d)

compares 2 things using like or as

15.

What is the correct definition of personification?

a)

repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words

b)

has a meaning different from the dictionary definition

c)

compares 2 things using like or as

d)

giving a human quality to something not human

16.

What is an idiom?

a)

has a meaning different from the dictionary defintion

b)

giving a human quality to something not human

c)

compares 2 things

d)

repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of a word

17.

What is the definition of a hyperbole?

a)

has a meaning different from the dictionary definition

b)

a sound that suggests a meaning

c)

an exaggeration

d)

compares 2 things

18.

What is the definition of a metaphor?

a)

a sound that suggests a meaning

b)

compares 2 things using like or as

c)

compares 2 things without using like or as

d)

gives a human quality to something not human

19.

"The lines of a poem are like sentences" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

20.

"This poem is a million stanzas long" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

21.

"The words in the poem grabbed my attention" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

idiom

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

22.

"Poets put pieces on pages poetically" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

23.

"The pen made a thud on the table due to the poet's writer's block" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

24.

"The poet had butterflies in her stomach as she recited her poem" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

25.

"The stanzas of a poem are paragraphs" is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

simile

26.

What does "The lines of a poem are like sentences" mean?

a)

The lines in a poem are descriptive

b)

The lines in a poem are similar to a sentence

c)

The lines in a poem are long

d)

The lines in a poem are easy to read

27.

What does "This poem is a million stanzas long" mean?

a)

The poem is boring

b)

The poem is interesting

c)

The poem is really short

d)

The poem is really long

28.

What does "The words in the poem grabbed my attention" mean?

a)

Caused me to become more interested

b)

The poem grabbed me

c)

It was exciting

d)

I didn't want to read it

29.

What does "Poets put pieces on pages poetically" mean?

a)

They make things up

b)

They think too hard

c)

They write with expression

d)

They love to write

30.

What does "The pen made a thud on the table due to the poet's writer's block" mean?

a)

The pen fell on the table because the poet was finished

b)

The poet was frustrated and slammed the pen down

c)

The poet's pen squeaked on the table as he wrote

d)

The poet's pen broke into pieces

31.

What does "The poet had butterflies in her stomach as she recited her poem" mean?

a)

Butterflies grew in her stomach

b)

She was ready for her speech

c)

She read her poem out loud

d)

She was nervous before the speech

32.

What does "The stanzas of a poem are paragraphs" mean?

a)

They are long

b)

They are difficult to read

c)

They look similar

d)

They are easy to read