WorksheetsPoetry Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 24mins
A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains (a poetry paragraph)
repetition
rhythm
stanza
theme
The attitude or mood the author creates. The feeling you get when you read a poem.
stanza
tone
theme
rhyme scheme
The pattern of rhymes in a poem is called the ___________. A letter is assigned to each end of the line. If it rhymes with another end of the line, it has the same letter.
tone
rhyme scheme
rhythm
theme
The message about life that the poem conveys is called the
repetition
rhythm
tone
theme
The musical quality of a poem using meter, repetition, alliteration, rhyme is called the _____ of a poem.
tone
theme
rhythm
repetition
A comparison of two things, using like or as
hyperbole
alliteration
simile
metaphor
words that make sounds
hyperbole
simile
onomatopoeia
personification
An exaggeration or stretch of the truth
alliteration
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
a comparison of two things without using like or as
personification
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
when two or more words in a line of a poem have the same initial sound
alliteration
simile
metaphor
personification
giving human characteristics to nonhumans like animals or objects
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
simile
personification
A japanese poem that consists of three lines with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables.
limerick
couplet
haiku
quatrain
four line rhyming poem that can be written in the following rhyme schemes: AABB ABAB or ABCB
free verse
haiku
quatrain
limerick
each letter of a subject begins a line of the poem
free verse
haiku
acrostic
couplet
A 5-line humorous poem with a beat and rhyme scheme AABBA
free verse
acrostic
couplet
limerick
Two lines of poetry that rhyme and usually have the same meter
limerick
acrostic
couplet
free verse
A poem with no set rules
haiku
acrostic
free verse
couplet
What is the mood of the poem?
hopeful
lonely
friendship
sickness
What is the theme of this poem?
family first
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Jealousy
Believe in yourself
How many stanzas are in the poem?
8
1
2
4
What words are repeated in the poem?
Fat cat
Kitty cat
Mat cat
Cat rat
What word does NOT rhyme with chew?
blue
canoe
knew
toe
What word rhymes with achieve?
eve
envy
ache
achievement
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABAB
AABB
ABCA
ABCD
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
AABB
ABAB
ABCB
ABCD
The story was like a puzzle with different meanings.
Mrs. Bennett was an angry buffalo.
With a crash, the tree fell on the ground.
My stomach was growling like a lion.
Kathy has a collection of crazy, calico cats.
The flowers danced in the breeze.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
The building is like a modern giant in the sky.
The snake hissed as it slithered past us.
Words in poetry are chosen for their...
sound
rhythm
meaning
all of the above
What does this poem show?
The spoiled brat cut a hole in her hat,
The spoiled brat put a coat on the cat,
The spoiled brat got into a spat,
'Bout whether a rodent's a mouse or a rat.
-Shel Silverstein
rhyme
alliteration
What type of figurative language is this? "Daisies crowded around the tree."
simile
metaphor
personification
What human characteristic is being given?
What is being personified?
This figure of speech is _____.
