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WorksheetsPoetry Literary Elements
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is an alliteration?
A form or writing often using rhyme schemes or verses
The repetition of phrases or verses
The repetition of syllables or a constant sound
Exaggeration of something to add effect
Irony is when you use the literal meaning of a word.
True, irony is used when you mean something in a literal way.
False, it is a literary device often used to contradict expectations.
A meter is...
The dictionary meaning of a word
An associative or cognitive meaning of a word
Free verse poetry written without rules or a set form
A measured pattern of rhythmic accents
An end rhyme is...
The the last words or syllables in two or more lines rhyme
The the first words or syllables in two or more lines rhyme
A rhyme in the middle of a sentence
Exaggerating something
What is a symbol?
Giving an object living qualities
A comparison between two things
Poetry without a set rhyme scheme
An object or action that represents more than a literal meaning
A couplet is two successive lines of poetry.
True, a couplet is two lines of poetry next to one-another (often rhymed)
False, a couplet is a lyrical address to an event
What is free verse poetry?
Poetry with a very strict rhyme scheme or meter
Poetry with no set rhyme scheme or meter
A measured pattern of rhythmic accents in a line of verse
A person, place, or thing
What is 'the use of language that sounds like a thing or action'?
An alliteration
A line
A meter
An onomatopoeia
Personification is giving an inanimate object living qualities.
True, this can also be applied to more abstract concepts like ideas as well.
False, personification is a comparison between two things.
What is a line?
A poem set specifically at night
A fourteen line poem often written in iambic pentameter
A unit in verse that carries the writing from one line to the next
A grouping of two lines (often rhyme)
An haiku is...
A form of japanese poetry using three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, then 5 syllables.
A form of russian poetry using three lines of 5 syllables, 3 syllables, then 7 syllables.
A form of scottish poetry using three lines of 3 syllables, 9 syllables, then 10 syllables.
A form of english poetry using three lines of 3 syllables, 1 syllables, then 13 syllables.
What is a metaphor?
A verse of poetry
A lyrical poem
A comparison between two unlike things using words such as like and as
A comparison between unlike things.
A simile is...
A comparison between two unlike things using words such as like and as
A reference to person or event
An exaggeration used to emphasize something
A plot driven song with two or more characters
What is a hyperbole?
the use of language that sounds like the thing or action it describes
exaggeration for emphasis
two successive lines of poetry
repetition of consonant sounds
A stanza is...
A lyrical poem
A comparison between two unlike things using words such as like and as
A poem set specifically at night
A grouping of lines that forms the main unit in a poem
A sonnet is...
An object or action that represents more than a literal meaning
A form of japanese poetry using three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, then 5 syllables.
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes often having ten syllables per line
The dictionary meaning of a word
An allusion is the repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the beginnings of words.
True, an allusion is the repetition of sounds.
False, it is a reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem.
An anaphora/repition is...
The the last words or syllables in two or more lines rhyme
The poetic technique of repeating the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem or work
A technique in which successive phrases or lines begin with the same words, often resembling a litany
Poetry with no set rhyme scheme or meter
What is a rhyme scheme?
An associative or cognitive meaning of a word
Exaggeration for emphasis
Two successive lines of poetry
The pattern of rhymes falling at the ends of a poem’s lines
What is an internal rhyme?
A practice of forming a rhyme in only one lone line of verse
Exaggeration of something to add effect
Poetry with a very strict rhyme scheme or meter
A lyrical poem
