WorksheetsPoetry Unit Test
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 21mins
A word's literal dictionary definition is called its:
Simile
Metaphor
Denotation
Connotation
The feeling or images that we associate with a word is its:
Denotation
Connotation
Simile
Metaphor
A reference to someone or something famous is an:
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Allusion
A word that makes a sound (BOOM) is called:
Personification
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
A poem that rhymes, tells a story, and has a chorus is a:
Ballad
Ode
Free Verse
Hyperbole
A comparison USING like or as is a:
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Simile
The feeling of a poem created through word choice is its:
Theme
Denotation
Imagery
Tone
A comparison WITHOUT using like or as is a:
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Giving a non-living thing a human trait is:
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Using the 5 senses to describe someone or something is:
Simile
Imagery
Personification
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration is
Personification
Alliteration
Imagery
Hyperbole
The feelings or images associated with a word
Connotation
Denotation
Tone
Theme
The repetition of consonant sounds is:
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Alliteration
Personification
A poem that is a tribute to someone or something is:
Ballad
Free Verse
Rhyme Scheme
Ode
A poem with no rules that does not have to rhyme is:
Free verse
Ballad
Ode
Rhyme Scheme
The rain falls like a sheet over the mountains is an example of a:
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Imagery
The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads is an example of:
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
The fly BUZZZZED as it flew by us is an example of:
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Charming children chat in the corner is an example of:
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Simile
We had to wait 10 years for our dinner is an example of:
Imagery
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Hope is a thing with feathers is an example of:
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
When we moved, I sarcastically said, "Well, Todo, we're not in Kansas anymore..." This is an example of:
Alliteration
Allusion
Imagery
Personification
The cool, salty air, the soft, grainy sand, and the warm, gentle sun are examples of:
Imagery
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Snake: a long, limbless, cold-blooded reptile
This is the word's:
Denotation
Connotation
Snake: someone who is tricky and deceives people with no regard for their feelings
This is the word's:
Denotation
Connotation
Baggage: the feelings or emotions, often negative, that a person carries inside of them
This is the word's:
Connotation
Denotation
Baggage: luggage or suitcases that hold one's personal possessions
This is the word's:
Connotation
Denotation
Unique v. Peculiar
Which has the more negative connotation?
Unique
Peculiar
Filled v. Crammed
Which has the more positive connotation?
Filled
Crammed
Decrepit v. Vintage
Which has the more negative connotation?
Decrepit
Vintage
Identify the rhyme scheme:
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
ABAB
ABCA
ABCD
AABB
Identify the rhyme scheme:
Mary had a little lamb
It's fleece as white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
the lamb was sure to go.
AABB
ABCB
ABAB
ABCD
At the young
Age of eight,
I built towers that reached to the
Sky to show off the beach's elegance and glamour.
Sure,
The ocean sparkles, but sand glistens.
This is a stanza from which type of poem?
Ode
Ballad
Free verse
It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.'
By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?
The bridegroom's doors are opened wide,
And I am next of kin;
The guests are met, the feast is set:
Mayst hear the merry din.'
This is a stanza from which type of poem?
Ode
Ballad
Free Verse
Oh potato,
Your multiple personalities,
Your multiple identities,
You are proof that it's what's on the inside that matters.
Oh potato, I would die without you
This is a stanza from which type of poem:
Ode
Ballad
Free Verse
What is the tone of the following stanza:
The buttercups are nodding in the sunlight;
The winds are whispering, whispering to the pine;
The joy of June has found me; it's light crowned me
Because, oh best beloved, you are mine!
Angry
Tragic
Joyous
Serious
What is the tone of the following stanza:
I wish there were some wonderful place
Called the Land of Beginning Again,
Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches,
And all our poor, selfish grieves
Could be dropped, like a shabby old coat, at the door,
And never put on again
Joyous
Angry
Longing
Ecstatic
What is the tone of the following stanza?
I'm a lean dog, a keen dog, a wild dog, and lone;
I'm a rough dog, a tough dog, hunting on my own;
I'm a bad dog, a mad dog, teasing silly sheep;
I love to sit and bay the moon, to keep fat souls from sleep.
Angry
Tragic
Confident
Anxious
