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Poetry Unit and Figurative Language

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many lines are in a couplet?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

2.

Name the form of figurative language that gives human traits to inanimate objects.

a)

alliteration

b)

hypoerbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

3.

How many lines are in a quatrain?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

4.

How many lines are in a tercet?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

5.

How many lines are in a limerick?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

6.

How many lines are in a cinquain?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

7.

A pattern of rhyming in poetry is:

a)

rhyming

b)

alliteration

c)

scheming

d)

a rhyme scheme

8.

The rhyme scheme for a limerick is:

a)

A, A, B, A

b)

A, B, A, B, A

c)

A, A, B, B, A

d)

A, B, C, B, A

9.

True or False: Cinquains have a rhyme scheme.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: Tercets do not have rhyme schemes.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The repetition of sound is:

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

12.

A stanza is:

a)

the repetition of sound

b)

giving human traits to non-human things

c)

a paragraph in poetry

d)

a paragraph

13.

"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse" is an example of:

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

14.

"The book was so good, the words jumped off the page" shows an example of:

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

15.

A cinquain captures:

a)

natural moments

b)

a bunch of fish

c)

repetition of sound

d)

a moment in time

16.

The idiom expressing that something is a large amount of money is:

a)

in the bag

b)

an arm and a leg

c)

break a leg

d)

head over heels

17.

"Hit the hay" is an idiom expressing:

a)

going to bed or to sleep

b)

letting frustration out

c)

working really hard

d)

eating healthy or vegetarian

18.

"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?

a)

couplet

b)

tercet

c)

quatrain

d)

cinquain

19.

"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)

A, B, A. B

b)

A, B, C

c)

A, A, A

d)

A, A, B, B

20.

"Her hand was held high" is an example of what form of figurative language?

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

21.

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

a)

I will die if he asks me to the dance

b)

A little lilly left

c)

The alarm cried out

d)

A curious creature cried curiously

22.

In which form of poetry do syllables for lines go 2, 4, 6, 8, 2?

a)

couplet

b)

limerick

c)

quatrain

d)

cinquan

23.

Which idiom means to get married?

a)

tie the knot

b)

know the ropes

c)

in the bag

d)

head over heels

24.

Which idiom means a large number of people getting sick or dying?

a)

add fuel to the fire

b)

over my dead body

c)

dropping like flies

d)

sick as a dog

25.

A form of figurative language where the word is spelled as the sound is:

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personifcation

d)

alliteration