WorksheetsElements of Poetry
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
Groups of lines in a poem are called
a)
stanzas
b)
sections
c)
paragraphs
d)
parts
2.
Poems are meant to be read aloud.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
When words end with the same sounds, the words
a)
verse
b)
rhyme
4.
The "beat" of the poem is called the
a)
rhythm
b)
rhyme
c)
stanza
d)
alliteration
5.
When a poem repeats sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines, he or she is using
a)
rhyme
b)
stanza
c)
repetition
d)
alliteration
6.
A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like"
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
simile
7.
A direct comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words "like" or "as" in the comparison. It often uses "is" in the comparison.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
adverb
8.
Repeating the same consonant at the beginning words or lines.
a)
rhyme
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
simile
9.
Giving human characteristics or qualities to an object, idea, or even an animal
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
sensory detail
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
10.
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
a)
conjunction
b)
adverb
c)
verb
d)
noun
11.
A word that describes a noun
a)
adjective
b)
verb
c)
conjunction
d)
noun
12.
A type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
13.
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
14.
An overstatement or exaggeration. It is used to show emphasis and can often be found within a simile or metaphor
a)
tone
b)
hyperbole
c)
alliteration
d)
rhyme
15.
The authors attitude toward the subject of the text.
a)
tone
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
theme
16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
What is the following statement an example of?
Hope is the thing with feathers
Hope is the thing with feathers
a)
SImile
b)
Metaphor
21.
What is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Allusion
22.
What is language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)
a)
Figurative Language
b)
Imagery
c)
Personification
d)
Meter
23.
What is a comparison between two things using like or as?
a)
Simile
b)
Symbolism
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
24.
What is it called when an author gives a nonhuman thing human traits
a)
Alliteration
b)
Symbolism
c)
Personification
d)
Animalification
25.
What do we call an extreme exaggeration in order to make a point?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Rhythm
26.
What is a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza?
a)
Metric Feet
b)
Rhyme Scheme
c)
Iambic
d)
Alliteration
27.
What do we call the main message an author hopes to convey?
a)
Topic
b)
Focus
c)
Theme
d)
Thesis
28.
What is tone?
a)
The poet's attitude toward his or her subject.
b)
The feeling a reader gets when reading the poem.
c)
the pitch of the rhythm
d)
the sounds of a poem
29.
What is a a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance?
a)
Allusion
b)
Irony
c)
Symbolism
d)
Metaphor
30.
What do we call the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense?
a)
Imagery
b)
Metaphor
c)
Symbolism
d)
Theme
31.
What do similes and metaphors have in common?
a)
They are examples of form.
b)
They don't have anything in common.
c)
They both use "like" or "as".
d)
They both compare two things.
32.
What is repetition?
a)
The sounds of a poem.
b)
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
c)
The use of sounds, words, phrases or whole lines more than once.
d)
Knowing what is important in the poem.
33.
Which is an example of personification
a)
The street is my heart
b)
It was so hot we fried
c)
My eggs stared back like sick eyes
d)
Bam! Pow!
34.
Which is an example of imagery?
a)
I feel hot, I hear the waves, my toes touch the sand.
b)
I love the stars like a woman loves her child
c)
I enjoy reading
d)
Angry ants attack
35.
The snow was a blanket covering the ground.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
fuzzy
36.
Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language did they use?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
37.
Ballads are narrative songs that are meant to be sung.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
A refrain is
a)
lines repeated in a song or ballad
b)
when someone wants to be violent but follows the rules
c)
sounds repeated in a song
d)
when someone wants to tell a mean person bad things but stops
39.
A ballad is organized into stanzas called
a)
couplets
b)
iambic pentameter
c)
quatrains
d)
tetrameter
40.
The rhyme scheme is usually ______
a)
the first and third lines of each stanza
b)
the second and fourth lines of each stanza
c)
there is no specific rhyme scheme
41.
The ballads were sung by the upper classes because the lower classes were illiterate.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
All of the following are themes of ballads EXCEPT
a)
revenge
b)
unrequited love
c)
living happily ever after
d)
unrequited love
43.
In "Barbara Allen," John Graeme is sick because
a)
Barbara Allen rejected him
b)
he attended a drinking party
c)
Barbara Allen refused to come to him
d)
his messenger reached Barbara Allen too late
44.
Barbara Allen snubs John Graeme because he
a)
loved someone else
b)
failed to toast her
c)
sent his man for her instead of coming himself
d)
went to a drinking party
45.
What does Barbara Allen feel when she hears the death bells ringing for John?
a)
sorrow and guilt
b)
indifferent to his suffereing
c)
wishes he had never lived
d)
curious as to who her next boyfriend will be
46.
In "Barbara Allen," What does the phrase "make my bed soft and narrow" mean?
a)
she is going to die
b)
she is really tired from her walk and needs a long nap
c)
She will lose weight because she is so sad about John dying
47.
In "Robin Hood," why does Robin Hood thank the old woman?
a)
for traveling with him on the road to Nottingham
b)
delivering important news
c)
changing clothes with him
d)
finding him some supper
48.
Robin Hood's success depends mainly on
a)
the three squires
b)
the old woman
c)
his disguise
d)
his bags
49.
What is the outcome of "Robin Hood and the Three Squires"?
a)
The sheriff captures Robin Hood, but the old man punishes him
b)
Robin Hood frees the squires and then runs away
c)
The sheriff is hanged, and RObin Hood helps the three squires escape
d)
RObin Hood pays an intimidating visit to the sheriff
50.
What is the "paction" (pact) that the husband and wife make in "Get Up and Bar the Door"?
a)
If robbers appear, it will be too dangerous to get up and shut the door
b)
THe first person to speak has to get up and shut the door
c)
The wife tells the husband she will shut the door when she's finished cleaning the kitchen
51.
In "Robin Hood," how does Robin Hood view the sheriff?
a)
a man who is only doing his job
b)
the dutiful servant of the king
c)
someone he curses and despises
d)
a worthy opponent
52.
Why does the woman seem happy at the end of "Get Up and Bar the Door"?
a)
Her husband has to shut the door
b)
THe robbers have left her house untouched
c)
Her husband has defended her honor and safety
d)
she has forced the robbers to leave the house
53.
The theme of "Barbara Allen" is
a)
jealousy
b)
unrequited love
c)
revenge
d)
tales of daring and adventure
54.
The theme of "Robin Hood and the Three Squires" is
a)
unrequited love
b)
jealousy
c)
revenge
d)
acts of daring and adventure (sticking it to the man)
55.
What is included in both "Robin Hood" and "Get Up and Bar the Door"?
a)
contrasting views of criminal activities
b)
humorous stories about married couples
c)
real details about medieval love
d)
long examples of true heroism
56.
Unlike "Robin Hood and the Three Squires," the other two ballads
a)
focus on life and death issues
b)
highlight economic conditions of the time
c)
show the relationship between men and women
d)
contain both humorous and serious subject matter
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