Free Printable Poetry devices 2019

1.

What is the next part of the rhyme scheme?

a)

DD

b)

EE

c)

FF

d)

AA

2.

What is the rhyme scheme?

a)

A B A B C D A D

b)

No rhyme scheme

c)

A A B B C C

d)

LMNOP

3.

What is significant about free verse poetry?

a)

it has to rhyme

b)

it has to be a certain length

c)

it does not have to have a certain structure or rhyming pattern

d)

it has to be written with proper punctuation

4.

Which is an example of slant rhyme?

a)

fear & near

b)

pallate & polite

c)

mend & tend

d)

right & fight

5.

If the rhyme scheme of the poem is ABCB, what should go in the blank?

Coffee is my favorite drink-

I love the bitter taste.

A hot cup daily keeps me going.

Not a drop will __________________.

a)

Get poured in the sink

b)

Be left behind

c)

Go to waste

d)

remain

6.

a type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds

Ex: “years” and “yours”

a)

Poetry

b)

End Rhyme

c)

Rhythm

d)

Slant Rhyme

7.

the pattern of end rhyme in a poem.

Ex: AABB, ABAB, ABBA

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Slant Rhyme

d)

Rhythm

8.

words rhyme at the ends of lines.

Ex: I heard a bird sing.

After it cleaned it’s wing.

a)

Rhyme

b)

Slant Rhyme

c)

End Rhyme

d)

Rhyme Scheme

9.

Rhymes in the middle of a line

a)

Slant rhyme

b)

Internal rhyme

c)

End rhyme

d)

Enjambment

10.

Poetry that does not tell a story and is used to express thoughts and feelings.

a)

Narrative poetry

b)

Lyrical poetry

11.

What type of poem tell a story in verse and likely has characters, a setting, plot, conflict, and theme?

a)

Lyric

b)

Narrative

c)

Haiku

d)

Ode

12.

Ballads are narrative songs that are meant to be sung.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

A ballad is organized into stanzas called

a)

couplets

b)

iambic pentameter

c)

quatrains

d)

tetrameter

14.

The way a poem's words and lines are laid out on the page is known as ____

a)

form

b)

line

c)

all of the above

15.

A traditional poem has

a)

Fixed rules

b)

Any structure it wishes

16.

Which of these lines from Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” contains alliteration?

a)

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

b)

“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door

c)

Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”

17.

"Crash! Crunch! Grunt! yelped my dog as he jumped on the table and fell" is an example of:

a)

personification

b)

onomatopoeia

18.

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeic word.
Kristen's brother is the coolest because he can burp the alphabet.

a)

brother

b)

alphabet

c)

Kristen

d)

burp

19.

The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
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.

20.

The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days.
What does the metaphor mean above?

a)

The baby girl's smile made other people happy.

b)

When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise.

c)

The baby never smiled.

d)

The baby girl's smile made the moon come out.

21.

The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?

a)

Clouds

b)

Winked

c)

Say

d)

Moon

22.

"Winter's icy grip caused people to shudder and flock back to their homes." What is being personified?

a)

Winter

b)

People

c)

Homes

d)

Grip

23.

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

a)

She is as pretty as a flower.

b)

She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.

c)

She is a beautiful flower.

d)

She is very pretty.

24.

In the Bible, Daniel accurately translates mysterious writing that appears on a wall, and in doing so, he predicts the death of a king.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Investors should have seen the writing on the wall.

a)

an inaccurate prediction

b)

a sign with important technical information

c)

a clear indication of how something will turn out

d)

none of these answers are correct

25.

In the Bible, Daniel accurately translates mysterious writing that appears on a wall, and in doing so, he predicts the death of a king.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Investors should have seen the writing on the wall.

a)

an inaccurate prediction

b)

a sign with important technical information

c)

a clear indication of how something will turn out

d)

none of these answers are correct

Poetry devices 2019

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

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