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"How does Poetry Help?" Unit- Key Concepts/Vocab- Holmes FHS

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
3.
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
4.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
5.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
6.
What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
7.

Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.

a)

Sound

b)

Sight

c)

Taste

d)

Touch

8.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
9.
If you are writing a report on sharks, your sources will mostly be found in which genre of writing?
a)
Informational 
b)
Narrative
c)
Opinion 
d)
Explanatory 
10.
Which title most sounds like it belongs in the opinion genre?
a)
Cooking with Kids
b)
Why you Should Recycle
c)
Ten Crafts for Father's Day
d)
Woof Woof 
11.

What is the definition of audience?

a)

the readers that the text is intended for

b)

a group of people listening at a concert

c)

anyone who is reading the text

d)

the reason the text is written

12.

What is the definition of purpose?

a)

the meaning of life

b)

a Justin Bieber album

c)

the reason the text is written (to entertain, inform, or persuade)

d)

the reader the text is intended for

13.

A text's purpose is either to persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE).What does narrative writing do?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

14.

A text's purpose is either to persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE). What does argumentative writing do?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

15.

A text's purpose is either to persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE). What does explanatory writing do?

a)

persuade

b)

inform

c)

entertain

16.
Which word in this sentence is a noun?  We fish in the big pond.
a)
the
b)
fish
c)
in
d)
big
17.
Which word is a plural noun?
a)
goose
b)
church
c)
boxes
d)
apartment
18.
Which is a singular noun?
a)
clock
b)
eyes
c)
peaches
d)
birds
19.
What is the correct way to write someones name?
a)
peter pan
b)
Peter pan
c)
peter Pan
d)
Peter Pan
20.

Similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification and hyperbole are examples of ________________________.

a)

prefix

b)

figurative language

c)

resource materials

d)

evidence

21.

The perspective from which the story is _________________.

a)

prefix

b)

point of view

c)

evidence

d)

conjunction

22.
Realistic fiction, historical fiction, non-fiction, action, science fiction, poetry, and fairy tales are examples of types of literary _______________.
a)
genres
b)
verbs
c)
nouns
d)
evidence
23.

A lot of money has been used to ________ Kwun Tong. When it is done, the ________ of a new Kwun Tong will amaze everyone. People from other areas will be attracted to come to the new and ________ Kwun Tong.

a)

beautiful, beauty, beautiful

b)

beautify, beauty, beautify

c)

beautify, beauty, beautiful

d)

beautiful, beautify, beautiful

24.
Select the adverb in the sentence.
Caryn accidentally deleted three hours of homework with one click.
a)
Deleted
b)
Accidentally
c)
Homework
d)
With
25.
Select the Verb.
Hayden promised his favorite LA teacher he would get all his work done. 
a)
He
b)
Promised
c)
Treat
d)
To
26.
Select the adverb in the sentence.
Megan worked briefly on her report.
a)
Report
b)
Briefly
c)
Worked
d)
Her
27.
Mrs. Zachow calculated expenses carefully.
Which is the verb in this sentence?
a)
principal
b)
expenses
c)
calculated
d)
carefully
28.
Hey! You broke my new pencil!
a)
Adjective
b)
Article
c)
Adverb
d)
Verb
29.
Which of the following is a proper noun?
a)
apple
b)
fruit
c)
Golden Delicious apple
d)
green apple
30.
What are the nouns in this sentence?
At the park there were many ducks.
a)
park, ducks
b)
park, there
c)
there, were
d)
many, ducks
31.
Identify the adjective: 
This old computer is dirty.
a)
This
b)
old
c)
computer
32.
Identify the adjective: 
The shiny car caught his attention.
a)
shiny
b)
car
c)
attention
33.

Which verb is stronger or more interesting or poetic?


He wrote his heart out.

He poured his heart out on the page.

a)

poured

b)

wrote

34.

Which noun is stronger or more interesting or poetic.


San Francisco is a metropolis.

San Francisco is a city.

a)

metropolis

b)

city

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