WorksheetsPoetry Flex
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 2hrs 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
2.
Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.
a)
Sound
b)
Sight
c)
Taste
d)
Touch
3.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
5.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
6.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
7.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
8.
What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
9.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
10.
What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
11.
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)
Repetition
b)
Rhyme
c)
Meter
d)
Simile
12.
What is "onomatopoeia" ?
a)
An exaggeration
b)
Sound words
c)
Rhyming words
d)
A form of imagery
13.
Free verse poetry does not have...
a)
stanzas
b)
plot or conflict
c)
rhyme or rhythm
d)
serious topic
14.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
15.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
16.
Poems that tell a story are called...
a)
free verse poems
b)
lyrical poems
c)
narrative poems
d)
humorous poems
17.
The name of funny or silly poems is...
a)
free verse poems
b)
lyrical poems
c)
narrative poems
d)
humorous poems
18.
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
19.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
a)
Simile
b)
Refrain
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
20.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.
Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
21.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Refrain
22.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
23.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Life is one long, adventurous roller coaster.
Life is one long, adventurous roller coaster.
a)
simile
b)
onomatopeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
24.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.
Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
25.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Her smile was as bright as sunshine.
Her smile was as bright as sunshine.
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
metaphor
26.
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
27.
What type of figurative language is shown?
She is so smart. She is a walking dictionary.
She is so smart. She is a walking dictionary.
a)
metaphor
b)
oxymoron
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbole
28.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The ice crunched under my feet.
The ice crunched under my feet.
a)
oxymoron
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
29.
Free verse poetry does not have...
a)
stanzas
b)
plot or conflict
c)
rhyme or rhythm
d)
serious topic
30.
The person who writes a poem is called a _____________.
a)
speaker
b)
narrator
c)
poet
d)
illustrator
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