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Poetry Techniques

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The way a poem is laid out on the page
is called
a)
stanza
b)
paragraph
c)
line break
d)
form
2.
A group of lines in a poem
is called
a)
stanza
b)
paragraph
c)
line break
d)
form
3.
It was July, and the sun
toasted the emerald grass
until it smelled of warmth
and green and life. 

 
It was July, and my heart
soaked up the air warmth 
until it sang of joy
and love and life. 
 
How many stanzas in the poem above?
a)
This poem has 1 stanza
b)
This poem has 2 stanzas
c)
This poem has 4 stanzas
d)
This poem has 8 stanzas
4.
It was July, and the sun
toasted the emerald grass
until it smelled of warmth
and green and life. 

 
It was July, and my heart
soaked up the air warmth 
until it sang of joy
and love and life. 
 
How many lines in the poem above?
a)
This poem has 1 line
b)
This poem has 2 lines
c)
This poem has 4 lines
d)
This poem has 8 lines
5.

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood

is called

a)

rhyme

b)

rhythm

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

6.

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

is called

a)

rhyme

b)

rhythm

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

7.

Using words that have the same

(or very similar)

ending sound

is called

a)

rhyme

b)

rhythm

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

8.

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called

a)

rhyme

b)

rhythm

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

9.

A figure of speech

that suggests a similarity

between two different things

(usually using "like" or "as")

is called

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

10.

A figure of speech that

offers an exaggerated

or extravagant statement

(that is not meant to be taken literally)

in order to highlight a point

is called

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

11.

A figure of speech that

gives human-like characteristics

to an abstract idea

or non-human thing

is called

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

12.

A figure of speech

that uses a word or phrase

to describe something

that it does literally apply to

in order to show

a similarity

is called

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

13.

Using a word or phrase

that does not actually name an object,

but represents a part of it

or a related idea,

in order to reference the whole thing

is called

a)

metaphor

b)

metonymy

c)

symbol

d)

allusion

14.

Using a situation, description, or quote

that draws another text to mind

without actually naming the text

in order draw a comparison

and add meaning

is called

a)

metaphor

b)

metonymy

c)

symbol

d)

allusion

15.

Using a concrete object or phrase

to represent a different abstract idea

(the meaning is usually open to interpretation)

is called

a)

metaphor

b)

metonymy

c)

symbol

d)

allusion

16.

A poem that

follows a predictable pattern

or conventional structure

is called

a)

Traditional Poetry

b)

Free-Form Poetry

17.

A poem that uses

lines of varying lengths

along with unpredictable

rhyme schemes and rhythms

is called

a)

Traditional poetry

b)

Free form poetry

18.

The are many different types of

_______________

that each have their own

predictable structure and pattern.

a)

Traditional poetry

b)

Free form poetry

19.

Comparing two dissimilar things

in order to create an image

and add resonance

is called

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Sound Devices

c)

Sensory Details

d)

Form and Structure

20.

Techniques used by poets

to build on the meaning and experience

of a poem

through the patterns of sounds

in the poem

is called

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Sensory Details

c)

Sound Devices

d)

Form and Structure

21.
This is when a word or idea appears more than once
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Imagery
d)
Repetition
22.

The writer's attitude or expression in a poem toward the subject at hand.

a)

mood

b)

point-of-view

c)

tone

23.

Focuses on the perspective of the speaker or the "teller" of the story or poem.

a)

third person

b)

second person

c)

first person

24.

Words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses; it is visually descriptive.

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

imagery

25.

A short poem expressing personal feelings and emotions that may be set to music and often involves the use of regular meter.

a)

epic poetry

b)

lyric poetry

c)

stylistic poetry

26.

The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage.

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

attitude

27.

The use of details in writing that an author uses to help the reader experience the five senses.

a)

syllable

b)

symbol

c)

sensory language

28.

The central idea, message, or moral of a literary work

a)

theme

b)

tone

c)

persona

29.

A long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques.

a)

epic poetry

b)

lyric poetry

c)

meter

30.
________ is a three-line Japanese form that describes something in nature.  The first and third lines each have five syllables, and the second line has seven.
a)
Free Verse
b)
Ballad
c)
 Haiku
d)
Lyric
31.

A fourteen line poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme and oftentimes ends in couplet.

a)

Limerick

b)

Sonnet

c)

Narrative

d)

Ballad

32.

Two consecutive/paired rhyming lines, usually stating an important thematic idea.

a)

couplet

b)

cinquain

c)

limerick

d)

lyric

33.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
34.

What poetic sound device is used in these lines of poetry:

Good as gold

Busy bee

Living the life

a)

Personification

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

35.

Identify the poetic device that has been highlighted in green in the stanza:

Buzz, goes the blue fly

Hum, goes the bee

Buzz and hum they cry

And so do we

a)

quote

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

assonance

d)

alliteration

36.

Identify the figurative language:

"The young neighborhood kids gathered like a wild pack of wolves. "

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

oxymoron

37.

Why is repetition used in poetry?

a)

to annoy the reader

b)

to make it sound better

c)

to place emphasis on key ideas

d)

to make it more fun to read

38.

What idea is the author trying to express in the poem?:

My heart is like a singing bird

Whose nest is in a watered shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thickest fruit;

My heart is like a rainbow shell

That paddles in a halcyon sea;

My heart is gladder than all these

Because my love is come to me.

a)

She’s describing her heart

b)

She’s drawing a visual for us through words

c)

She’s trying to show us how happy her heart is through comparisons

d)

She’s describing how love has filled her life with joy.

39.

Interpret the use of personification:

"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.

40.

What is a rhyme scheme?

a)

When a poem that tells a story

b)

What you learn from reading a poem

c)

Pattern of end rhyme, labeled with letters (AABB, ABCA, etc.)

d)

Repetition of internal vowel sound