WorksheetsPoetry/Poem
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?
a)
stanza
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
optical illusion
d)
imagery
2.
What is personification?
a)
A person emphasizing something in a poem.
b)
An object or animal taking on human characteristics.
c)
A type of poem that tells about a person's life.
d)
A type of poetry that uses metaphors to describe a person.
3.
Poetry that does not have a set rhyming pattern.
a)
a) Patterned
b)
b) Free Verse
c)
c) Rhymed
d)
d) Humorous
4.
What is an idiom?
a)
a) A comparison using like or as.
b)
b) A phrase that has rhythm.
c)
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally.
d)
d) The same beginning sounds repeated.
5.
How is poetry written? (structure)
a)
a) Sentences & paragraphs
b)
b) Sentences
c)
c) Lines & paragraphs
d)
d) Lines & stanzas
6.
the message or moral of the story
a)
theme
b)
main idea
c)
summary
d)
plot
7.
Onomatopoeias, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, idioms, and personification are all types of...
a)
figurative language
b)
sensory language
c)
genres
d)
media
8.
Poetry that has a plot, characters, and tells a story is called...
a)
free verse
b)
humorous poetry
c)
narrative poetry
d)
lyrical poetry
9.
Why are words or phrases repeated in poems, stories, or movies?
a)
to annoy
b)
to make less important
c)
to emphasize or make stand out
10.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
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
12.
The snow is a white blanket.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
13.
____________ is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as".
a)
Simile
b)
Synonym
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
14.
_________ is a big exaggeration, usually with humor.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
15.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Refrain
d)
Hyperbole
16.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
17.
A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.
a)
poem
b)
stanza
c)
line
d)
personification
18.
When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another
Example: cat and hat
Example: cat and hat
a)
metaphor
b)
rhythm
c)
rhyme
d)
poem
19.
A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
line
d)
stanza
20.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
imagery
21.
Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.
a)
Sound
b)
Sight
c)
Taste
d)
Touch
22.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
23.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
24.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
25.
What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
26.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
27.
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
28.
Who is this famous poet?
a)
Robert Frost
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
William Butler Yeats
29.
To pace yourself when reading poetry, it is important to take note of punctuation to help choose your intonation. What might "intonation" means?
a)
Your attitude
b)
The atmosphere
c)
The tone/pitch of your voice
d)
Your feeling
30.
Groups of lines are called ______________.
a)
Sentences
b)
Stanzas
c)
Tony Danzas
d)
Line groupings
31.
Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be ___________.
a)
A single word
b)
A sentence
c)
A part of sentence
d)
All of the above
32.
_________ is the repetition of vowel sounds.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
33.
_________ is the musical quality created by the meter.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Rhyme
c)
The beat
d)
The pattern
34.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Refrain
d)
Hyperbole
35.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
36.
A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a space is a (this is like the paragraph of poetry)...
a)
stanza
b)
refrain
c)
ballad
d)
chorus
37.
The name of funny or silly poems is...
a)
free verse poems
b)
lyrical poems
c)
narrative poems
d)
humorous poems
38.
Poems that express personal emotions or feelings are called...
a)
free verse poems
b)
lyrical poems
c)
narrative poems
d)
humorous poems
39.
When it is unknown who the author (or owner) is of a piece of writing
a)
stanza
b)
anonymous
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
40.
What is the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. An action, person, place, word, or object
a)
Symbolism
b)
IDK
c)
Poetry
41.
What is a haiku??
a)
Is a normal poem with a pie
b)
Is a Japanese poem with lines of 5 7 5
42.
What is a free verse poem
a)
Doesn't need to rhyme of anything
b)
It is the haiku
43.
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the sky so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
a)
ABAB
b)
ABCD
c)
AABC
d)
AABB
44.
Which of the following is a hyperbole?
a)
She is as pretty as a flower.
b)
She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
c)
She is a beautiful flower.
d)
She is very pretty.
45.
Give an example of personification
a)
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
b)
The sun is like a light bulb
c)
The Sun smiled at us
d)
I want to be awesome
46.
Which one of these could be a personification?
a)
He is as slow as a turtle
b)
The tornado ran through town without a care
c)
BOOM!!
d)
I'm just too lazy to pick another answer
47.
Words or phrases in writing that should not be taken literally:
a)
antonyms
b)
sensory details
c)
figurative language
d)
synonyms
48.
"My flowers were begging for water on the hot summer day" is an example of:
a)
antonym
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
49.
"Eeny meeny miny moe; catch a tiger by its toes" is an example of:
a)
simile
b)
rhyme
c)
personification
d)
metaphor
50.
Rhythm is....
a)
The beat you hear when reading a poem
b)
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
c)
what you use to determine meter
d)
all of the above
51.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The run down house looked depressed.
The run down house looked depressed.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
52.
What type of figurative language is shown?
I have a million chores to do tonight!
I have a million chores to do tonight!
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
53.
The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
54.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I wish you could see
How much I love you!
What sound device is indicated by the highlighted words?
Violets are blue.
I wish you could see
How much I love you!
What sound device is indicated by the highlighted words?
a)
meter
b)
rhyme
c)
onomatopoeia
55.
A poem that sounds similar to everyday speech (with no rhyme or meter) is called...
a)
free verse
b)
captive verse
c)
acrostic
56.
a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject or toward an audience
a)
tone
b)
diction
c)
couplet
57.
a writer’s choice of words
a)
diction
b)
rhyme scheme
c)
structure
58.
an expression that means something different from the literal meaning of each word
a)
idiom
b)
alliteration
c)
diction
59.
Anything that represents something else.
a)
Symbol
b)
Theme
60.
A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
a)
Stanza
b)
Haiku
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