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Poetry Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is imagery?

a)

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

b)

The main idea or statement about the subject of the text

c)

A comparison using like or as

d)

Stressed and unstressed syllables in a pattern

2.

What is stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a poem called?

a)

Theme

b)

Meter

c)

Imgery

d)

Rhyme

3.

A symbol is...

a)

The main idea of a text

b)

A comparison using like or as

c)

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

d)

A thing or action that means something "bigger" than itself

4.

Choose the example of SMELL imagery

a)

The white dog looked like a cloud

b)

The pots banged and clanged their way down the stairs

c)

Her shoes radiated a stench of sweat and hard work

d)

The blue chair felt like velvet on my legs

5.

Choose the example of TOUCH imagery

a)

The white dog looked like a cloud

b)

The pots and pans banged and clanged their way down the stairs

c)

Her shoes radiated a stench of sweat and hard work

d)

The blue chair felt like velvet on my legs

6.

Which words rhyme with "hair"? Choose ALL that apply.

a)

Lair

b)

Prepare

c)

Head

d)

Chair

7.

A "knight in shining armor" is called a....

a)

Rhyme Scheme

b)

Theme

c)

Archetype

d)

Mood

8.

What is the "point of view" of a story?

a)

The perspective from which the story is told

b)

A statement about the subject of the text

c)

A thing or action that stands for something else

d)

The meaning or feeling the reader is supposed to get out of a text

9.

What is tone?

a)

The atmosphere the author creates for the reader

b)

The feelings or opinions the author puts into his/her work

c)

Repetition of similar or same end sounds

d)

A statement about the subject of a text

10.

A group of lines in a poem is called a....

a)

Line

b)

Poem

c)

Paragraph

d)

Stanza

11.

What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?


You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I rise

a)

ABBA

b)

ABCD

c)

ABCB

d)

AAAB

12.

What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?


No one is so accursed by fate,

No one so utterly desolate,

But some heart, though unknown,

Responds unto his own

a)

AABB

b)

ABAB

c)

ABCC

d)

ABCD

13.

What happened to the Lady of Shalott?

a)

She and Lancelot lived happily ever after

b)

Lancelot dumps her for another princess

c)

She dies chasing Lancelot

d)

She never leaves her tower and knits an awesome scarf

14.

What is the author's tone for "Endymion"?

a)

Bitter

b)

Hopeful

c)

Angry

d)

Unappreciative

15.

What is the author's tone for "The Lady of Shalott"?

a)

Doomful

b)

Happy

c)

Silly

d)

Optimistic