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WorksheetsPoetry Pop Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simlie
b)
Metaphor
2.
The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod.
What two things are being compared in this this sentence?
What two things are being compared in this this sentence?
a)
friends to peas
b)
friends to pods
c)
peas to pods
d)
best to friends
3.
The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
What is the meaning of the simile above?
What is the meaning of the simile above?
a)
The baby had 8 legs.
b)
The baby lives in the sea.
c)
The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.
d)
The baby was sleeping.
4.
How many examples of similes are in this passage?
Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle. All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines. Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin! The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time.
Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle. All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines. Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin! The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time.
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
5.
Which sentence is a metaphor?
a)
Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle.
b)
All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines.
c)
Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin!
d)
The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time.
6.
My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personfication
d)
smelly
7.
What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
"The camera loves me!"
a)
Photography is one of my hobbies.
b)
I own an expensive camera.
c)
Photos of me are always really good.
d)
I like to visit art museums.
8.
What is a "refrain" ?
a)
The last line of a poem
b)
The first line of a poem
c)
A line that is repeated
d)
A line that rhymes
9.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
10.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
11.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
12.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
13.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
14.
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
15.
Poor health
Pretty ugly
Passed Away
Random order
All of the following are oxymorons except...
Pretty ugly
Passed Away
Random order
All of the following are oxymorons except...
a)
Poor health
b)
Pretty ugly
c)
Passed away
d)
Random order
16.
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
a)
I feel as though I've been buried alive in paperwork.
b)
I feel as though I have a bee in my hat.
c)
I feel as though I'm as hungry as a horse
d)
I feel as though I've met my match.
17.
Words that imitate sounds
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopeia
c)
alliteration
18.
Which acronym did we use for our poetry definitions?
a)
S-H-A-M-P-O-O
b)
S-H-A-M-O-O
c)
C-H-A-M-P-O-O
d)
C-H-A-M-O-O
19.
She soothed her secret sorrow.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
20.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
I love the swish of the basketball net.
a)
basketball
b)
swish
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
net
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