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WorksheetsMaSSivE Poetry Test Review
Total questions: 140
Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins
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1.
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
2.
A sonnet has how many lines?
a)
10
b)
12
c)
14
d)
16
3.
Free verse poetry does not have...
a)
stanzas
b)
plot or conflict
c)
rhyming pattern
d)
serious topic
4.
Two words that have the same ending sound are called
a)
rhythm
b)
repetition
c)
rhyme
d)
stanza
5.
What describes one thing as if it were something else?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Onomatopoeia
6.
What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Figurative Language
c)
Sensory Language
d)
Metaphor
7.
What is the use of words that imitate sounds? (Crash, bang, hiss, splat)
a)
Sensory Language
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Onomatopoeia
8.
A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a space, is called a ________.
a)
stanza
b)
refrain
c)
ballad
d)
chorus
9.
The way a poem looks is its ____________.
a)
Stanza
b)
Set-up
c)
Structure
d)
Sentences
10.
Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be ___________.
a)
A single word
b)
A sentence
c)
A part of sentence
d)
All of the above
11.
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
12.
The voice that is talking to us in a poem is referred to as what?
a)
author
b)
speaker
c)
poet
d)
audience
13.
The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem
a)
tone
b)
mood
c)
simile
d)
theme
14.
The ideas and feelings associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral) is the ________.
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
connotation
d)
denotation
15.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
16.
The cupcake was a cavity waiting to invade my teeth.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
17.
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."
"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.
18.
The word thin, as in "you are very thin" has a _______ connotation.
a)
positive
b)
negative
19.
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. Is and example of ...
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
20.
Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.
a)
positive
b)
negative
21.
A compliment would be to say that the owl in the picture is...
a)
bizarre
b)
strange
c)
unique
22.
This house is as clean as a whistle. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
23.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
24.
The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny," has a _________ connotation.
a)
positive
b)
negative
25.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
27.
What is a "refrain" ?
a)
The last line of a poem
b)
The first line of a poem
c)
A line that is repeated
d)
A line that rhymes
28.
Which word has a neutral connotation?
a)
Mansion
b)
Residence
c)
Shack
29.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
30.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
31.
What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
32.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
33.
Who is this famous poet?
a)
Robert Frost
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
William Butler Yeats
34.
language not meant to be taken literally
a)
figurative langauge
b)
denotation
c)
fancy langauge
d)
assonance
35.
language that appeals to the five senses (helps your picture the words in your mind)
a)
imagery
b)
connotation
c)
alliteration
d)
rhyme
36.
the literal dictionary definition of a word
a)
denotation
b)
connotation
c)
repetition
d)
dictionary
37.
the ideas and feelings associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral)
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
connotation
d)
denotation
38.
a poem that does NOT follow a regular rhyme scheme or rhythm
a)
free verse
b)
rhyming
c)
haiku
d)
formal
39.
the author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem
a)
tone
b)
mood
c)
simile
d)
theme
40.
an underlying message about life or human nature that a writer wants the reader to understand
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
theme
d)
pun
41.
the specific choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
repetition
d)
diction
42.
a figure of speech where two words that contradict are put together
a)
pun
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
43.
the voice that is talking to us in a poem
a)
author
b)
speaker
c)
poet
d)
audience
44.
the voice that is talking to us in a poem
a)
author
b)
speaker
c)
poet
d)
audience
45.
when a word, phrase, or line is repeated within the text in close proximity
a)
rhyme
b)
repetition
c)
simile
d)
diction
46.
the use of symbols or objects to represent ideas
a)
imagery
b)
symbolism
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
47.
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
48.
Choose the correct example of a similie.
a)
I am a city child.
b)
We honor you.
c)
I am the timid daughter who can rage only on paper.
d)
She rises against the sun like a skyscraper.
49.
What is the type of literature where words are carefully chosen to create a certain effect?
a)
prose
b)
poetry
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
metaphor
50.
A repeating cadence/meter that enriches or emphasizes wrods, phrases, lines, and even whole verses of poems. Alliteration is a type of repitition.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Stanza
c)
Repetition
d)
Pattern of Verse
51.
Tells a story.
a)
Lyric Poem
b)
Humorous Poem
c)
Free Verse
d)
Narrative Poem
52.
What is figurative language?
a)
Language that is meant to be taken literally
b)
Comparing 2 unlike things
c)
Comparing 2 things using like or as
d)
Language that is not meant to be taken literally
53.
What is an example of a Metaphor?
a)
The sun smiled at me
b)
He was as tall as a skyscraper
c)
The cat is a monster
d)
The fish liked to swim
54.
regular writing
a)
prose
b)
meter
c)
refrain
55.
The hospital was a refrigerator. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
56.
Life is a roller coaster. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
57.
Your explanation is as clear as mud. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
58.
Your explanation is as clear as mud. Is an example of ..
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
analogy
59.
The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow. Is an example of ...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
60.
The run down house appeared depressed. Is an example of ...
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
61.
exaggeration, overstatement
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
imagery
62.
It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets. Is an example of ...
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
63.
I am so hungry I could eat a horse. Is an example of ...
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
64.
Diana can sing, but she is no Mariah Carey is an example of:
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Allusion
d)
Personification
65.
A poem that pays tribute
a)
Haiku
b)
Limerick
c)
Ode
d)
Quatrain
66.
A written expression of language that appeals to emotion and the senses.
a)
Imagery
b)
Free verse
c)
Ode
d)
Poetry
67.
An exaggeration is
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
pun
68.
The cupcake yelled, "Don't eat meeeeeee!" as Mr. Carpenter sunk in his teeth.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
69.
What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
"The camera loves me!"
a)
Photography is one of my hobbies.
b)
I own an expensive camera.
c)
Photos of me are always really good.
d)
I like to visit art museums.
70.
The way a poem looks is its ____________.
a)
Stanza
b)
Set-up
c)
Structure
d)
Sentences
71.
Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be ___________.
a)
A single word
b)
A sentence
c)
A part of sentence
d)
All of the above
72.
"You want a white wedding and a hand you can hold" - Carrie Underwood
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
73.
"The stairs creak as you sleep. It's keeping me awake." - Of Monsters and Men
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
74.
"Cookin' MCs like a pound of bacon" - Vanilla Ice
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
75.
"It's the house telling you to close your eyes." - Of Monsters and Men
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
76.
"Black, black, black and blue. Beat me 'til I'm numb." - Bruno Mars
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
77.
"Dry lightning cracks across the skies." - Carrie Underwood
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
78.
"Some kind of madness is swallowing me whole." - Muse
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
79.
"Caught in it, washin' it, bout to go get some compliments. Passin' up on those moccasins someone else has been rockin' in." - Macklemore
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
80.
"You're my kryptonite." - One Direction
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
81.
"Like a sprained ankle, boy, I ain't nothin' to play with." - Drake
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
82.
"Baby, you're a firework." - Katy Perry
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
83.
"I've been wandering the desert for a thousand days." - Selena Gomez
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
84.
"Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow." - Ne Yo
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
85.
"My heart's a stereo." - Maroon 5
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
86.
"We're like diamonds in the sky." - Rihanna
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
87.
"I have died every day waiting for you." - Christina Perri
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
88.
"This city never sleeps at night." - Imagine Dragons
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
89.
"Paint the picture of the perfect place." - One Republic
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
90.
"My songs know what you did in the dark." - Fall Out Boy
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
91.
"He keeps on forgetting what he wrote down. The whole crowd grows so loud. He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out." - Eminem
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
92.
Tone is the _________ projected toward the subject and the audience.
a)
figurative language
b)
Mood
c)
craft
d)
attitude
93.
Voice emerges from a poem's _____________, who serves the same function as a narrator.
a)
speaker
b)
structure
c)
literal language
d)
haiku
94.
"Her glance hit me like a spear," is an example of what?
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
95.
"The lights in the window winked at me," is an example of what?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personifcation
d)
Sonnet
96.
The denotation of a word is what?
a)
the emotional associations the word evokes
b)
the dictionary definition
c)
the colloquial language
d)
the attitude of the word
97.
What type of poem tells a story and has a plot?
a)
Sonnet
b)
Haiku
c)
tanka
d)
Narrative
98.
What type of poem expresses the feelings of a single speaker, using melodic language?
a)
Elegy
b)
Ode
c)
Lyric
d)
Sonnet
99.
"Life is a highway" is an example of what?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personifcation
d)
Free Verse
100.
What is a fourteen line poem in which each line consists of five iambic feet?
a)
Haiku
b)
Ode
c)
Sonnet
d)
Epic Poem
101.
What type of poem does not follow a fix pattern?
a)
Sonnet
b)
Haiku
c)
Free Verse
d)
Formal Verse
102.
He was a tree, tall and willowy
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
103.
Her smile was as bright as the sun
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
imagry
104.
The bee buzzed around the flowers
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
imagery
c)
alliteration
d)
personification
105.
You are a regular Einstein
a)
allusion
b)
alliteration
c)
symbol
d)
personification
106.
If I don't get that smart phone I will die!
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
107.
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
a)
alliteration
b)
idiom
c)
imagery
d)
allusion
108.
No use crying over spilled milk
a)
idiom
b)
allusion
c)
hyperbole
d)
symbol
109.
lightning danced across the sky
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
allusion
d)
allusion
110.
It was a dark and stormy night, the cold wind blew and the icy rain fell from the sky
a)
imagery
b)
allusion
c)
personification
d)
idiom
111.
Idioms are...
a)
nonsense phrases that only mean something if you know the language
b)
true statements
c)
religious sayings
d)
political rhetoric
112.
Choose the best alliteration definition:
a)
The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
c)
The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.
d)
The repetition of words throughout a text
113.
Allusion is defined as______
a)
Two lines working as a unit
b)
A reference to a famous person, place, or event
c)
A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds
d)
Words that involve one of the five senses
114.
Hyperboles are phrases that
a)
compare two unlike things
b)
exaggerate
c)
give person-like qualities to animals and things
d)
have a different meaning than the words.
115.
What is Imagery?
a)
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
b)
a joke
c)
It's nothing Ms. Spaulding just made it up
d)
phrases that explain the nature of things
116.
compares two things without using like or as
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
imagery
117.
What is onomatopoeia?
a)
A word or phrase that can be said forward and backward
b)
An obvious exaggeration
c)
A word that mimics a sound
d)
Giving human qualities to an item
118.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
119.
Define the term Symbol
a)
Person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
b)
a word used to describe the difference between what we expect and what actually happens.
c)
making reference to something commonly understood
d)
an exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
120.
An Italian sonnet has..
a)
3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet
b)
1 Octave, 2 Couplets
c)
1 Octave, 1 Sestet
121.
Which of the following is NOT criteria for a sonnet?
a)
14 lines
b)
specific sound devices
c)
specific rhyme scheme
d)
specific rhythm
122.
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 / |
123.
What is the rhythm/meter of this line?
"Kings and queens do often sleep here."
"Kings and queens do often sleep here."
a)
iambic pentameter
b)
trochaic tetrameter
c)
iambic tetrameter
d)
trochaic pentameter
124.
A Shakespearean Sonnet has the following division:
a)
Eight Lines of problem followed by six lines of solution
b)
Four quatrains with a problem in the first two and a solution in the second
c)
Three quatrains and a couplet that offer a theme, a metaphor, a twist, and a summary
d)
Fourteen lines that tell a story in chronological order
125.
How many lines are in a sonnet?
a)
12
b)
14
c)
10
d)
16
126.
How many feet are in a line written in tetrameter?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
127.
The Rhyme Scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet is
a)
ABABCDCDEFEFGG
b)
ABABBCBCCDCDEE
c)
ABBABCCBCDDCDD
d)
ABBACDDCEFFEGG
128.
____________is the various patterns of sound that are connected to the beat.
a)
Beat
b)
Rhythm
c)
Meter
d)
Tempo
129.
Define a metrical 'foot'
a)
The foot is the basic repeating rhythmic unit that forms part of a line of verse.
b)
The foot is a measuring unit that isn't made up of syllables.
c)
The metrical foot is something at the end of a leg of a table holding a poetry book.
d)
The foot is blank verse.
130.
Which of the following is Iamb?
a)
DAdum
b)
daDUM
c)
dadaDum
d)
DADAdum
131.
Meter pattern repeated three times in a line
a)
Trimeter
b)
Monometer
c)
Terza Rima
d)
Trochaic
132.
One stressed, one unstressed (/^)
a)
Trochaic
b)
Anapestic
c)
Trimeter
d)
Couplets
133.
Meter pattern repeated four times in a line
a)
Tetrameter
b)
Monometer
c)
Hexameter
d)
Dimeter
134.
Meter pattern only once in the line
a)
Monometer
b)
Dimeter
c)
Anapestic
d)
Volta
135.
Meter pattern repeated five times in a line
a)
Pentameter
b)
Hexameter
c)
Sonnet
d)
Octave
136.
One unstressed, one stressed (^/)
a)
Iambic
b)
Trochaic
c)
Sonnet
d)
Couplet
137.
Meter pattern repeated six times
a)
Hexameter
b)
Pentameter
c)
Rhyme Royal
d)
Blank Verse
138.
Meter pattern repeated twice
a)
Dimeter
b)
Monometer
c)
Cinquain
d)
Terza Rima
139.
Composed only of couplets
a)
Couplets
b)
Diameter
c)
Monometer
d)
English Sonnet
140.
What is iambic pentameter?
a)
A speech, usually lengthy, that is given by a character to an intended audience.
b)
A poetic meter that contains five feet. Each foot is made of an unstressed / stressed pattern.
c)
A play on words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications.
d)
A poetic meter that contains four feet. Each foot is made up of stressed / unstressed pattern
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