WorksheetsPoetry Review
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line.
a)
repetition
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
simile
2.
Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.
a)
rhyme
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
3.
Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
a)
haiku
b)
cinquain
c)
free verse
d)
limerick
4.
To describe by comparing two things using “like” or “as”.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
5.
To give human qualities to animals or nonhuman objects.
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
6.
To describe by comparing two things.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
7.
The repetition of beginning sounds.
a)
repetition
b)
alliteration
c)
rhyme
d)
meter
8.
My love for you is a rose is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
rhyme
9.
The rain danced on the roof is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
10.
Ring! Ring! is an example of...
a)
rhyme
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
11.
My grandmother was as beautiful as a Texas sunrise is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
rhyme
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
12.
My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of...
a)
cleverness
b)
alliteration
c)
a rude comment
d)
personification
13.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
14.
Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.
a)
Sound
b)
Sight
c)
Taste
d)
Touch
15.
When talking about poetry, what is meter?
a)
the length of the poem
b)
the "beat" of the poem
c)
the sound of the poem
d)
the look of the poem
16.
A sonnet has how many lines?
a)
10
b)
12
c)
14
d)
16
17.
Free verse poetry does not have...
a)
stanzas
b)
plot or conflict
c)
rhyming pattern
d)
serious topic
18.
Two words that have the same ending sound are called
a)
rhythm
b)
repetition
c)
rhyme
d)
stanza
19.
What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Figurative Language
c)
Sensory Language
d)
Metaphor
20.
What is the use of words that imitate sounds? (Crash, bang, hiss, splat)
a)
Sensory Language
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Onomatopoeia
21.
A reference to a famous person, place, event, or piece of literature is called a(n) ________.
a)
inference
b)
metaphor
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
allusion
22.
The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem
a)
tone
b)
mood
c)
simile
d)
theme
23.
The ideas and feelings associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral) is the ________.
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
connotation
d)
denotation
24.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
25.
The following line is an example of which sound device?
I think I like the bright, pink kite.
I think I like the bright, pink kite.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
consonance
c)
repetition
d)
alliteration
26.
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
a)
Symbol
b)
Theme
c)
Allusion
d)
Enjambment
27.
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
a)
Theme
b)
Tone
c)
Verse
d)
Hyperbole
28.
Dictionary definition of the word
a)
Connotation
b)
Dictionary
c)
Denotation
d)
Feelings, thoughts
29.
Words within the lines that rhyme
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Exact Rhyme
c)
Near Rhyme
d)
End Rhyme
30.
The pattern of end rhyme
a)
Rhythm
b)
Rhyme
c)
Rhyme Scheme
d)
Slant Rhyme
31.
The following line conveys which sound device?
"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary"
"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary"
a)
a rhyme scheme
b)
an internal rhyme
c)
an end rhyme
32.
What is a couplet?
a)
a group of lines
b)
a pair of rhyming lines
c)
a rhyme scheme
d)
a pair of poems
33.
What are humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme?
a)
Limericks
b)
Haikus
c)
Narrative poems
d)
Lyric poems
34.
What type of poem has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern?
a)
Free verse
b)
Narrative
c)
Limerick
d)
Concrete
35.
What is repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables?
a)
Consonance
b)
Assonance
c)
Alliteration
d)
Repetition
36.
What is the repetition of internal vowel sounds?
a)
Consonance
b)
Rhyme
c)
Alliteration
d)
Assonance
37.
Love is a red, red rose
a)
Imagery
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Repetition
38.
The chirping crickets filled the empty night air
a)
Metaphor
b)
Imagery
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
39.
Boom!
a)
Imagery
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
40.
The days crept by slowly, sorrowfully
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Imagery
41.
He’s as strong as an ox
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Imagery
42.
The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain
a)
Imagery
b)
Alliteration
c)
Assonance
d)
Consonance
43.
The grass grew green in the graveyard
a)
Consonance
b)
Alliteration
c)
Assonance
d)
Metaphor
44.
Despite their mother’s warnings, the children chose to chew with their mouths open
a)
Consonance
b)
Assonance
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
45.
The snow in the rose garden groaned
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Alliteration
d)
Simile
46.
Rolling through the field in the
dead
of winter
a)
Consonance
b)
Enjambment
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
47.
Her eyes are like comets
a)
Simile
b)
Imagery
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
48.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
a)
iambic
b)
trochaic
c)
anapestic
d)
dactylic
49.
Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, / That host with their banners at sunset were seen:
a)
iambic
b)
trochaic
c)
anapestic
d)
dactylic
50.
Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland / In such an honour named.
a)
iambic
b)
trochaic
c)
anapestic
d)
dactylic
51.
But I am done with apple-picking now.
a)
iambic
b)
trochaic
c)
anapestic
d)
dactylic
52.
An Italian sonnet has..
a)
3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet
b)
1 Octave, 2 Couplets
c)
1 Octave, 1 Sestet
53.
Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?
a)
Ronsard
b)
Petrarch
c)
Dante Alighieri
d)
Shakespeare
54.
Which of the following is Iambic Pentameter?
a)
U / | U / | U / | U / | U / |
b)
/ U | / U | / U | / U | / U |
c)
U U / U | U / U | U U / |
55.
Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?
a)
a b b a a b b ac d e c d e
b)
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
56.
What is the rhythmic meter of a sonnet?
a)
iambic pentameter
b)
iambic monometer
c)
trochaic tetrameter
d)
No rhythmic meter
57.
What is a repeating line of poetry called?
a)
a repeat
b)
a rerhyme
c)
a refrain
d)
an echo
58.
What are English sonnets often called, and why?
a)
Shakespearean, because he created that sonnet.
b)
Shakespearean, because he is the only published poet we have of sonnets.
c)
Shakespearean, because he is the most well-known sonnet writer.
d)
Petrarchan, because he created the sonnet.
59.
How many feet are in a pentameter?
a)
10
b)
11
c)
4
d)
5
60.
What is a limerick?
a)
14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas
b)
Seventeen syllables in 3 lines
c)
Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape
d)
A funny poem that is 5 lines long
61.
What rhyme scheme does a limerick poem have?
a)
ABBAA
b)
AABBA
c)
ACAABA
d)
ABBBAB
62.
What part of a Limerick poem describes or introduces the main character?
a)
first line
b)
last line
c)
3rd line
d)
2nd line
63.
Who made Limerick Poems popular?
a)
Edward Lear
b)
Shel Silversteine
c)
Helen Hunt Jackson
d)
Matsuo Basho
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