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Poetry Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In prose, it is a paragraph. In poetry, it is a...

a)

Stanza

b)

Paragraph

c)

Section

d)

List

2.

Enjambment is ...

a)

a break in a stanza

b)

a poem continues over two pages

c)

a thought that continues over to the next line

d)

Making jam

3.

What is a foot in poetry?

a)

a group of two lines

b)

an appendage that allows you to walk

c)

four stanzas

d)

a group of stressed and unstressed syllable

4.

What is Syntax?

a)

a Doctor Who villain

b)

the order that words are written

c)

the words you choose

d)

when a line brakes

5.
A single line in a poem
a)
rhyme
b)
stanza
c)
repetition
d)
line
6.
When certain words are repeated
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
imagery
d)
rhyme scheme
7.
Words that have the same end sound
a)
rhyme
b)
rhyme scheme
c)
imagery
d)
onomatopoeia
8.
Using the same sound or letter at the beginning of a word
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Rhyme
d)
Rhythm
9.
Words that make a sound! BAM! Zap! Zoom!
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Imagery
d)
Repetition
10.

What device is used in this sentence?

Fruit is fuel for healthy body.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

11.

What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

a)

Her hair is red.

b)

She talks really loudly.

c)

She gets really angry.

d)

She spits when she talks.

12.
What device is used in this sentence?
Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
13.
Figurative language is
a)
not understood literally, with a deeper meaning
b)
words taken at their most basic meaning
c)
comparison to help understanding
d)
using the 5 senses in writing
14.
Repetition is ______
a)
extreme exaggeration
b)
repeating a word
c)
repetition of vowels
d)
repetition of the initial consonant
15.
A metaphor is _____________
a)
continuation of a sentence over a line break (no punctuation)
b)
comparison of two things NOT using "like," "as," or "than"
c)
rhyme occurring in the middle of a line
d)
extreme exaggeration 
16.
A simile is _________________
a)
a comparison of two things using "like", "as," or "than"
b)
rhyme occurring in the middle of the line
c)
repetition of vowels
d)
extreme exaggeration 
17.
This is an example of: 
He was a Romeo with the ladies. 
a)
Allusion
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Similie
d)
Pun
18.
a reference to a well known person, place, thing, or event
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
allusion
19.

Which is an example of personification?

a)

The rain spit down quickly.

b)

The rain swooshed through the city.

c)

It rained like cats and dogs.

d)

The rain made my suit slick, squeaky, and sweaty.

20.
Total exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
alliteration