WorksheetsPoetry Unit and Figurative Language
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
How many lines are in a couplet?
2
3
4
5
Name the form of figurative language that gives human traits to inanimate objects.
alliteration
hypoerbole
onomatopoeia
personification
How many lines are in a quatrain?
2
3
4
5
How many lines are in a tercet?
2
3
4
5
How many lines are in a limerick?
2
3
4
5
How many lines are in a cinquain?
2
3
4
5
A pattern of rhyming in poetry is:
rhyming
alliteration
scheming
a rhyme scheme
The rhyme scheme for a limerick is:
A, A, B, A
A, B, A, B, A
A, A, B, B, A
A, B, C, B, A
True or False: Cinquains have a rhyme scheme.
True
False
True or False: Tercets do not have rhyme schemes.
True
False
The repetition of sound is:
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
personification
alliteration
A stanza is:
the repetition of sound
giving human traits to non-human things
a paragraph in poetry
a paragraph
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse" is an example of:
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
alliteration
personification
"The book was so good, the words jumped off the page" shows an example of:
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
personification
alliteration
A cinquain captures:
natural moments
a bunch of fish
repetition of sound
a moment in time
The idiom expressing that something is a large amount of money is:
in the bag
an arm and a leg
break a leg
head over heels
"Hit the hay" is an idiom expressing:
going to bed or to sleep
letting frustration out
working really hard
eating healthy or vegetarian
"there is something you need to know,
the year has ended, it's time to go,
you are the best, I told you so"
is an example of what form of poetry?
couplet
tercet
quatrain
cinquain
"there is something you need to know,
the year has ended, it's time to go,
you are the best, I told you so"
is using what rhyme scheme?
A, B, A. B
A, B, C
A, A, A
A, A, B, B
"Her hand was held high" is an example of what form of figurative language?
alliteration
hyperbole
personification
onomatopoeia
Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
I will die if he asks me to the dance
A little lilly left
The alarm cried out
A curious creature cried curiously
In which form of poetry do syllables for lines go 2, 4, 6, 8, 2?
couplet
limerick
quatrain
cinquan
Which idiom means to get married?
tie the knot
know the ropes
in the bag
head over heels
Which idiom means a large number of people getting sick or dying?
add fuel to the fire
over my dead body
dropping like flies
sick as a dog
A form of figurative language where the word is spelled as the sound is:
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
personifcation
alliteration
