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Enrichment English Poetry Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Simile or Metaphor:

My father is a bear in the morning.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

2.
Simile or Metaphor:
My sister is like an angel in my life.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
3.
Simile or Metaphor:
My life is a dream.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
4.
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. 
5.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 
6.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
7.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town. 
8.
What is the best definition of imagery? 
a)
Imagery is the author’s use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine what is being described.
b)
An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
c)
 A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
d)
Exaggeration
9.
Do we use our 5 senses in imagery: smell, taste, touch, sight, hearing?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
I don't know
d)
maybe
10.
What type of imagery is this?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch 
d)
Taste
11.
The owl laughed into the darkness.
What type of figurative language is used?
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
12.
She was so pretty my eyes popped out!
a)
Onomatopia
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Hiperbole
13.
An onomatopoeia is also known as what?
a)
An action word
b)
A descriptive word
c)
A sound word
d)
A statement
14.
What is personification?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
15.
What is alliteration?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
16.
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
a)
personification
b)
poem
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
17.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
imagery
18.
A group of lines in a poem
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
line
d)
stanza
19.
What is onamatopeia?
a)
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
b)
a word is formed from the sound that an associated thing makes
c)
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human
20.

To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or lines in a poem

Example:

"I'm car sick.

Open a window.

I'm car sick.

rest your eyes.

I'm car sick.

Drink some water."

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

rhythm

21.

Annotate the following poem and identify the poetic device of each example.


Storm At Sea© Amar Qamar


Published: August 2008


CRASHING waves... SMASHING seas...

Bringing sailors to their knees.

As they struggle to save their lives,

Hoping and praying help arrives.


The stormy seas as dark as coal,

Preventing the sailors from reaching their goal.

Battered and bruised, but still they fight...

Staring ahead into the dead of night.

Rocking and rolling as they try to stand...

Hoping against hope that they soon reach land.


Bleary eyed from lack of sleep.

Down in their cabins, huddled like sheep.

As they're rocking and rolling down beneath,

Weary sailors above resist with gritted teeth.


Hours later, as the storm starts to dissipate,

It leaves a calm tranquil sea in its wake.

The veteran sailors know the battle is over and they have won...

As they contemplate other storms yet to come...


Underline and identify any others you have found.

a)

The stormy seas as dark as coal

Down in their cabins, huddled like sheep.

Are an examples of _____________________________

b)

Battered and bruised, but still they fight...

Staring ahead, into the dead of night.

Rocking and rolling as they try to stand...

Hoping against hope, are examples of ______________________

c)

It leaves a calm tranquil sea in its wake.

CRASHING waves... SMASHING seas...

Are examples of _________________________

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