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Poetry Study Guide

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The repeated use of a word, phrase, line or stanza in a poem.

a)

mood

b)

repetition

c)

rhyme

d)

tone

2.

The emotions and feelings the poem arouses in the reader.

a)

structure

b)

octave

c)

refrain

d)

mood

3.

The pattern of correspondence of the sounds of each line of a stanza or poem.

a)

tone

b)

theme

c)

rhyme

d)

couplet

4.

The sound pattern of the poem.

a)

mood

b)

rhythm

c)

rhyme

d)

repetition

5.

The overall organization of the lines.

a)

structure

b)

tone

c)

stanza

d)

refrain

6.

The main message or central idea of a poem.

a)

quatrain

b)

couplet

c)

mood

d)

theme

7.

The poet's feeling (attitude) toward the subject of the poem.

a)

mood

b)

theme

c)

tone

d)

structure

8.

A poem or a stanza with 8 lines that rhyme in some way.

a)

stanza

b)

couplet

c)

octave

d)

simile

9.

a grouped set of writing in a poem

a)

stanza

b)

mood

c)

tone

d)

quatrain

10.

A pair of 2 lines in a poem where the ending word in each line rhymes.

a)

octave

b)

rhyme

c)

rhythm

d)

couplet

11.

A line of a poem that is repeated.

a)

refrain

b)

couplet

c)

octave

d)

quatrain

12.

A poem or a stanza with 4 lines that rhyme in some way.

a)

stanza

b)

octave

c)

quatrain

d)

refrain

13.

When you compare two unlike things using like or as.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

refrain

14.

When you compare two unlike things NOT using like or as.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

15.

The repeated use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are near each other.

a)

allusion

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

16.

A brief reference to a biblical, historical, literary, or mythological person, place, thing or idea.

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

mood

d)

onomatopoeia

17.

A deliberate use of exaggeration for effect or to emphasize a point.

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

alliteration

18.

The use of words to create a vivid mental picture or physical sensation.

a)

hyperbole

b)

allusion

c)

simile

d)

imagery

19.

A word that sounds like its meaning or mimics a sound.

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

hyperbole

20.

The use of a symbol (words, objects, or actions) to represent something other than itself.

a)

symbolism

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

allusion

d)

alliteration

21.

What point of view is it when the poet uses the pronouns I and me?

a)

third person limited

b)

first person

c)

third person omniscient

d)

second person