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WorksheetsPoetry Pre-Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A figure of speech in which an exaggerated statement is made.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Enjambment
c)
Assonance
d)
Free Verse
2.
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
a)
Symbol
b)
Theme
c)
Allusion
d)
Enjambment
3.
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
a)
Theme
b)
Tone
c)
Verse
d)
Hyperbole
4.
Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices
a)
Plot Elements
b)
Figurative Language
c)
Sensory Language
d)
Literal Language
5.
A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse
a)
Lines
b)
Chorus
c)
Stanza
d)
Refrain
6.
What is the name of the literary technique where two contrasting ideas are placed side by side in order to show a contrasting effect?
a)
symbolism
b)
juxtaposition
c)
apostrophe
d)
Rhyme
7.
The author's attitude toward the subject or text
a)
Connotation
b)
Denotation
c)
Mood
d)
Tone
8.
How the reader feels while reading the piece of writing
a)
Connotation
b)
Denotation
c)
Tone
d)
Mood
9.
Uses like or as to compare two unlike things
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Onomatopoeia
10.
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song
a)
Sound Devices
b)
Stanza
c)
Connotation
d)
Rhyme pattern/scheme
11.
Words that represent sounds (CRASH, BOOM)
a)
Sound devices
b)
Rhyme Pattern/Scheme
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Sensory Details
12.
The feeling associated with a word
a)
Theme
b)
Tone
c)
Connotation
d)
Denotation
13.
Vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
a)
Theme
b)
Sensory Details
c)
Imagery
d)
Sound Devices
14.
Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of a word
a)
Alliteration
b)
Speaker
c)
Connotation
d)
Denotation
15.
The voice that narrates (tells) the poem (not always the author)
a)
Speaker
b)
Theme
c)
Tone
d)
Imagery
16.
Describes one thing as if it were another (compares two unlike things without using like or as)
a)
Figurative Meaning
b)
Literal Meaning
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
17.
Gives human qualities to something that is not human
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Aliiteration
d)
Metaphor
18.
The most specific or literal meaning of a word
a)
denotation
b)
connotation
19.
a second, suggested meaning of a word, consisting of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached
a)
denotation
b)
connotation
20.
The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas used for emphasis in writing
a)
refrain
b)
repetition
21.
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
22.
Free verse poetry does not have...
a)
stanzas
b)
plot or conflict
c)
rhyming pattern
d)
serious topic
23.
Two words that have the same ending sound are called
a)
rhythm
b)
repetition
c)
rhyme
d)
stanza
24.
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
25.
What is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words?
a)
Repetition
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Rhyme
26.
Hip hop is poetry.
a)
True
b)
False
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