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Poetry

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

This poem is a haiku.

b)

This poem is a quatrain.

c)

This poem is a free verse.

d)

This poem is a limerick

2.
a)

This poem is a quatrain

b)

This poem is a cinquain.

c)

This poem is a free verse.

d)

This poem is a limerick

3.

Description that relates to one or more of the five senses is called (a)   .

4.
a)

This poem is a quatrain.

b)

This poem is a cinquain.

c)

This poem is a haiku.

d)

This poem is a limerick.

5.

A poem with 4 line stanzas that rhymes is called a ________________.

a)

cinquain

b)

limerick

c)

haiku

d)

quatrain

6.
a)

This poem is a acrostic.

b)

This poem is a cinquain.

c)

This poem is a free verse.

d)

This poem is a limerick.

7.

Most of the poems we have been writing in class are:

a)

cinquains

b)

free verse poems

c)

limericks

d)

quatrains

8.

A Limerick (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY):

a)

has 5 lines

b)

is usually funny or silly

c)

follows an AABBA pattern

d)

follows an ABABA pattern

9.

"Joseph heard the last cookie calling his name" is an example of ___________________________.

a)

a simile

b)

a metaphor

c)

a limerick

d)

personification

10.

What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines:


There was a boy named Nate.

He was very great.

Nate was so smart,

But he was bad at art!

a)

ABCD

b)

ABAB

c)

AABB

d)

ABCB

11.

A simile is:

a)

a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

b)

description that relates to one or more of the five senses

c)

the repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words

d)

describing non-human things using human characteristics.

12.

Alliteration is:

a)

a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

b)

description that relates to one or more of the five senses

c)

the repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words

d)

describing non-human things using human characteristics.

13.

Personification is:

a)

a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

b)

description that relates to one or more of the five senses

c)

the repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words

d)

describing non-human things using human characteristics.

14.

"Bukari bounced a ball to the beat" is an example of:

a)

a simile

b)

a metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

15.

What is the rhyme scheme?

(Type the letters without spaces)

(a)  

16.

"Mrs. Orlep was a lobster when she came home from the beach" is an example of:

a)

personification

b)

a simile

c)

a metaphor

d)

alliteration

17.

Which of the follow is an example of personification?

a)

Sameera is bright like the sunrise.

b)

"HIYA!" shouted Cassel.

c)

The flowers danced with Chloe in the field.

d)

Maddy made marshmallows at midnight.

18.

Which of the follow is an example of a simile?

a)

Sameera is bright like the sunrise.

b)

"HIYA!" shouted Cassel.

c)

The flowers danced with Chloe in the field.

d)

Maddy made marshmallows at midnight.

19.

Which of the follow is an example of alliteration?

a)

Sameera is bright like the sunrise.

b)

"HIYA!" shouted Cassel.

c)

The flowers danced with Chloe in the field.

d)

Maddy made marshmallows at midnight.

20.

Which of the follow is an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

Sameera is bright like the sunrise.

b)

"HIYA!" shouted Cassel.

c)

The flowers danced with Chloe in the field.

d)

Maddy made marshmallows at midnight.

21.

This is the format for:

a)

a cinquain

b)

a haiku

c)

a quatrain

d)

an acrostic