WorksheetsPoetry Pre-assessment
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the definition of imagery in a poem?
A pretty picture
The topic of the poem
Elements that invoke any of the five senses
comparison between two or more things
What is an extended metaphor?
A metaphor or analogy continuously used throughout a piece of literature
A metaphor that took a lot of thought to create
A simile
A complex comparison
What is the mood of a poem?
The author's opinion
an element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in the reader
The reader's opinion
The subject of the poem
A quatrain is...?
A four word line
A poem with four stanzas
A set of four poems
A stanza of four lines
What do you call a poem with 14 lines, each line typically containing 10 syllables?
Sonnet
Elegy
Ode
Lyric poem
What is a group of lines separated from others in the poem?
Meter
Free verse
Form
Stanza
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade"- Is this phrase Literal or Figurative?
Literal
Figurative
“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light…
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Which literary device below is being used in this poem?
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Personification
What is the theme of a poem?
The underlying message
The "big idea"
An idea the poem expresses
All of the above
A couplet is...?
Two lines of verse
A couple in a poem
Two things being compared
What is a rhyme scheme?
An evil plot
A collection of every word that rhymes with a single word
A poem that does not rhyme
A poet's deliberate pattern of rhymes within a poem
Select all that apply: the characteristics of an internal rhyme:
Also called "middle rhyme"
A word in the middle of a line rhymes with the word at the end of the line
A word in the middle of the line rhymes with a word in the middle of the next rhyme
Used in a poem
What does a simile do that a metaphor does not?
uses "like" or "as" to compare
compares two or more things
paints a vivid picture
Which one is an example of alliteration?
Sally likes John. John likes Daisy.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The truck was as big as an elephant.
He tore her heart to pieces.
What are characteristics of free verse poetry? Check all that apply
Does not rhyme
does not have a regular meter
musical
inconsistent
