WorksheetsPoetry
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
2.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Who is this famous poet?
a)
Robert Frost
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
William Butler Yeats
4.
What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
a)
Refrain
b)
Rhyme
c)
Meter
d)
Simile
5.
Who is this famous poet?
a)
Gwendolyn Brooks
b)
Maya Angelou
c)
Sylvia Plath
d)
Emily Dickinson
6.
Bonus Q: Finish this famous line of poetry:
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a ____.
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a ____.
a)
Tree
b)
Sea
c)
Bee
d)
Sweet pea
7.
Poetry that has a plot, characters, and tells a story is called...
a)
free verse
b)
humorous poetry
c)
narrative poetry
d)
lyrical poetry
8.
The order/pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
a)
Internal rhyme
b)
Meter
c)
Alphabetical Order
d)
Rhyme Scheme
9.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
10.
The way a poem looks is its ____________.
a)
Stanza
b)
Set-up
c)
Structure
d)
Sentences
11.
When it is unknown who the author (or owner) is of a piece of writing
a)
stanza
b)
anonymous
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
12.
a two-line poem with both lines rhyming
a)
bi-poem
b)
couplet
c)
narrative
d)
ballac
13.
a poem that does not have rhyme and does not have meter; has no restrictions
a)
limerick
b)
quatrain
c)
stanza
d)
free verse
14.
a 17-syllable traditional Japanese poem; unrhymed; has no title; has three lines containing syllables of 5, 7 & 5; usually about nature
a)
haiku
b)
limerick
c)
ballad
d)
concrete poem
15.
a humorous 5-line poem; usually begins with "There once was a..."; the third and fourth lines are shorter than lines 1, 3, & 5; rhyme scheme is AABBA
a)
limerick
b)
haiku
c)
quatrain
d)
free verse
16.
a 4-line poem with one of several schemes (also a stanza in a longer poem); the usual rhyme schemes include ABCB, AABB or ABAB
a)
quatrain
b)
limerick
c)
free verse
d)
ballad
17.
a phrase or line of poetry that is repeated throughout a poem to create a special effect
a)
meter
b)
rhyme
c)
refrain
d)
rhyme scheme
18.
A poem consisting of a single speaker expressing a state of mind or process or perception, feeling, emotion, or thought
a)
Lyric
b)
Sonnet
c)
Narrative
d)
Free Verse
19.
Poem consisting of 14 lines with an intricate (complex) rhyme scheme
a)
Narrative
b)
Haiku
c)
Sonnet
d)
Lyric
20.
A quatrain is a group of how many lines?
a)
8
b)
5
c)
4
d)
14
21.
A couplet is a group of how many lines?
a)
2
b)
1
c)
4
d)
12
22.
What is the rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean/English sonnet?
a)
abab cdcd abab cc
b)
abcd abcd abcd ef
c)
abab cdcd efef gg
d)
aabb ccdd eeff gg
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