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Poetry Unit

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A syllable is:

a)

a part of a word that contains a vowel sound

b)

a part of a word that sounds like the noise the word makes

c)

a section of a word

2.

Examples of linking verbs:

a)

am

b)

might

c)

will

d)

seems

3.

a line is:

a)

words grouped together

b)

words grouped together in paragraphs

c)

words grouped together in a horizontal row of a poem

4.

The following are examples of stanzas:

a)

Couplet

b)

Quatrain

c)

Meter

d)

syllable

5.

The pattern of rhythm or beats in a line of poetry is:

a)

quatrain

b)

couplet

c)

meter

d)

simile

6.

Orange and door hinge are examples of:

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

weak rhyme

d)

onomatopoeia

7.

Examples of action verbs are:

a)

run

b)

think

c)

slowly

d)

draw

8.

a couplet is:

(a)  

9.

What does an action verb do?

(a)  

10.

A noun is:

a)

Person

b)

Thing

c)

Place

d)

Door

11.

Write an acrostic poem using the word STAR

4 lines
12.

Write a Haiku about the rain

4 lines
13.

Bang, Crash, Zoom, and Pow are examples of:

a)

visual imagery

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

14.

a Quatrain contains ______ lines?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

7

15.

An adjective is a word that describes a:

a)

verb

b)

adverb

c)

noun

d)

gerund

16.

Select all of the synonyms

a)

ginormous

b)

large

c)

massive

d)

extensive

e)

colossal

17.

"Minnie Mouse makes music miserable" is an example of:

a)

alliteration

b)

rhyme

c)

syllable

18.

"Her hair is as dark as the night" is a

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

19.

"The snow is a white blanket" is a:

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

20.

Visual imagery is:

(a)  

21.

"The wind howled in the night" is an example of:

a)

metaphor

b)

Personifcation

c)

visual imagery

22.

a rhyming pattern is

a)

the way that the end of different lines rhyme in a poem

b)

the words that rhyme

c)

words that almost rhyme