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WorksheetsPoetry: Imagery, Figurative Language, and Basic Structure
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the "sentence" of a poem?
a)
Line break
b)
Stanza
c)
Figurative language
d)
A line
2.
What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?
a)
stanza
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
optical illusion
d)
imagery
3.
What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem?
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
repetition
d)
rhyme
4.
What are words that imitate sounds?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
synonyms
5.
What is a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?
a)
personification
b)
verse
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
6.
What is a stanza?
a)
A line
b)
A grouping of lines
c)
A poem
d)
A title
7.
Which is an example of "alliteration?"
a)
Sam slowly slips on the slide.
b)
I went to the store.
c)
The Cat in the Hat
d)
Who is the king of the classroom?
8.
Which is an example of "onomatopoeia?"
a)
NO!
b)
Go.
c)
Swish!
d)
Stop
9.
This is a...
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
rhyme
d)
poem
10.
This is a ...
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
rhyme
d)
homophone
11.
Which of the following is a simile?
a)
She is a smart cookie.
b)
The cow goes MOOO!
c)
He is a fast as lightning.
d)
Red fish, blue fish
12.
Poems are meant to be read aloud.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
When words end with the same sounds, the words
a)
verse
b)
rhyme
14.
The "beat" of the poem is called the
a)
rhythm
b)
rhyme
c)
stanza
d)
alliteration
15.
When a poem repeats sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines, he or she is using
a)
rhyme
b)
stanza
c)
repetition
d)
alliteration
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