WorksheetsPoetry Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following pairs of words rhyme?
Plane and Chair
Tree and Sky
Cat and Hat
Cough and Dough
What are stanzas?
The poem's speaker
The poem's groups of lines
The poem's central ideas
The poem's best rhymes
Which of the following is not effective imagery?
Meandering trails in a dense, yellow forest
Flowers, bright and blue, on a hill
Small waves lapping on a white, sandy beach
Scary houses that really frighten people
Which of the following symbols best symbolizes love?
Coffee Mugs
The American Flag
Roses
Pens and Pencils
Which of the following is a metaphor?
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
And we are here as on a darkling plain / Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Continuous as the stars that shine / And twinkle on the milky way,
All the world [is] a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
Which of the following is a simile?
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?
Chaos is a friend of mine.
Which of the following is a literal statement?
My homework is going to take forever.
I have a few hours of homework to do.
I have so much homework that I am going to explode!
I have eight thousand hours of homework to do.
Which of the following is a figurative statement?
Opportunity knocked at her door.
She was on The Voice: a famous TV show.
She sold over one hundred thousand albums.
According to data available through Spotify, she is one of the most popular artists in America.
What is the point of view found in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)?
Scout; First-Person
Atticus; First-Person
Harper Lee; Third-Person
Tom Robinson; First-Person
Which of the following could be a theme?
Identity
Struggle
Even the most famous and popular among us will one day be forgotten.
The Relationship between the Individual and Society
What is a simile?
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
The use of an object to represent ideas or qualities
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like or as
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
The overall feeling or atmosphere of a text as established by imagery and word choice
The position from which something or someone is observed
The lesson of a talk, a piece of writing, or an exhibition.
What is tone?
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
The overall feeling or atmosphere of a text as established by imagery and word choice.
The writer’s attitude towards the subject.
To have or end with a sound that corresponds to another.
What is mood?
Taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory
The overall feeling or atmosphere of a text as established by imagery and word choice.
The writer’s attitude towards the subject.
Departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical
Which of the following images has a scary mood?
"The lesson of a talk, a piece of writing, or an exhibition"
Tone
Imagery
Simile
Theme
"departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical"
Literal
Figurative
Metaphor
Point of View
Which of the following is a symbol of victory?
Which of the following is a figurative statement?
I felt like I was running really fast!
I felt like I was running like an Olympian in training!
I felt like I was running so fast that I could fly!
I felt like I was running six miles an hour!
Which of the following is a literal statement?
She's drowning in a sea of grief.
I've told you a million times to clean your room!
This room is so cold that I'm shivering!
I miss you like the flower misses the sun on a cloudy day.
