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Poetry and The Outsiders Chapters 4-6 Vocabulary

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of Indignant?

a)

to evade or escape from one’s mind

b)

in a begging or pleading way

c)

feeling or showing anger and annoyance at unfair treatment

d)

a feeling of being confused

2.

What is the definition of Eluded?

a)

to evade or escape from one’s mind

b)

showing in a bad-tempered or gloomy way

c)

feeling or showing anger and annoyance at unfair treatment

d)

a feeling of being confused

3.

What is the definition of Bewilderment?

a)

showing or feeling sorrow or pity

b)

showing in a bad-tempered or gloomy way

c)

feeling or showing anger and annoyance at unfair treatment

d)

a feeling of being confused

4.

What is the definition of Sullenly?

a)

showing or feeling sorrow or pity

b)

showing in a bad-tempered or gloomy way

c)

feeling or showing anger and annoyance at unfair treatment

d)

a feeling of being confused

5.

What is the definition of Imploringly?

a)

to evade or escape from one’s mind

b)

in a begging or pleading way

c)

feeling or showing anger and annoyance at unfair treatment

d)

a feeling of being confused

6.

What is the definition of Ruefully?

a)

showing or feeling sorrow or pity

b)

showing in a bad-tempered or gloomy way

c)

feeling or showing anger and annoyance at unfair treatment

d)

a feeling of being confused

7.
This sentence is an example of what:  "Her voice was music to my ears."
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
8.
This sentence is an example of what:  "The teenager is as hungry as a wolf."
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
personification
9.
This sentence is an example of what:  "The palm trees were dancing in the wind."
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
10.
This sentence is an example of what:  "I’ve seen this movie a thousand times."
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
11.
Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Assonance
12.
"The ship sailed swiftly towards the shore" is an example of which type of figurative language?
a)
Theme
b)
Metaphor
c)
Style
d)
Alliteration
13.
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." This is an example of _____________________.
a)
Style
b)
Plot
c)
Repetition
d)
Rhyme
14.
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" is written so that the words have a sing-song pattern. The pattern of sound these words make is the ____________ of the words. 
a)
Rhyme
b)
Meter
c)
Rhythm
d)
Tone
15.
"Once upon a midnight dreary, 
While I pondered, weak and weary"
This contains an example of ___________. 
a)
Tone
b)
Structure
c)
Personification
d)
Rhyme
16.
The poem "There was a child went forth" by Walt Whitman is about how everything we experience in life changes or shapes us. This idea is the poem's ___________________. 
a)
Style
b)
Rhythm
c)
Theme
d)
Plot
17.

In Chapter 5 of The Outsiders Ponyboy recites what poem?

a)

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?

b)

Nothing Gold Can Stay

c)

Nature's First Green is Gold

d)

How do I Love Thee?

18.

Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme

a)

Haiku

b)

Sonnet

c)

Free Verse

d)

Narrative

19.

Poetry that tells a story.

a)

Haiku

b)

Sonnet

c)

Free Verse

d)

Narrative

20.

Poetry, usually about nature, with a 5/7/5 syllable structure.

a)

Haiku

b)

Sonnet

c)

Free Verse

d)

Narrative

21.

Poetry with 14 lines, usually about love that follows a specific rhyme scheme

a)

Sonnet

b)

Haiku

c)

Free Verse

d)

Narrative