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WorksheetsPoetry
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be ___________.
a)
A single word
b)
A sentence
c)
A part of sentence
d)
All of the above
2.
Groups of lines are called ______________.
a)
Sentences
b)
Stanzas
c)
Tony Danzas
d)
Line groupings
3.
The narrator of a poem is called the ____________.
a)
Speaker
b)
Narrator
c)
Talker
d)
Poet
4.
__________ is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Pattern
c)
Meter
d)
Beat
5.
_________ is the musical quality created by the meter.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Rhyme
c)
The beat
d)
The pattern
6.
__________ a comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as".
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Synonym
d)
Hyperbole
7.
____________ is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as".
a)
Simile
b)
Synonym
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
8.
__________ is the process of giving human qualities to something that isn't human.
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
9.
_________ is a big exaggeration, usually with humor.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
10.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Refrain
d)
Hyperbole
11.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
a)
Simile
b)
Refrain
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
12.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.
Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
13.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Refrain
14.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
15.
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
a)
Diction
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Theme
16.
A word that sounds like what it means.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Consonance
c)
Metaphor
d)
Verse
17.
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
a)
Symbol
b)
Theme
c)
Allusion
d)
Enjambment
18.
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
a)
Theme
b)
Tone
c)
Verse
d)
Hyperbole
19.
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
20.
Dictionary definition of the word
a)
Connotation
b)
Dictionary
c)
Denotation
d)
Feelings, thoughts
21.
The pattern of end rhyme
a)
Rhythm
b)
Rhyme
c)
Rhyme Scheme
d)
Slant Rhyme
22.
Which literary device is being conveyed in the following line?
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so"
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so"
a)
juxtaposition
b)
metaphor
c)
symbolism
d)
apostrophe
23.
Free verse poetry does not have...
a)
stanzas
b)
plot or conflict
c)
rhyme or rhythm
d)
serious topic
24.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
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