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Poetry

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Descriptive or figurative language in writing where the author uses words that appeal to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
a)
rhyme
b)
poem
c)
simile
d)
imagery
2.
A subdivision of a poem arranged into a row
a)
line
b)
stanza
c)
rhythm
d)
anonymous
3.
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
a)
personification
b)
poem
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
4.
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
imagery
5.
When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another
Example:  cat and hat
a)
metaphor
b)
rhythm
c)
rhyme
d)
poem
6.
A comparison using "like" or "as"
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
stanza
7.
A group of lines in a poem
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
line
d)
stanza
8.
Poetry that tells a story.
a)
rhyme
b)
meter
c)
limerick
d)
narrative
9.

What does a poet do?

a)

writes a fiction story

b)

writes non-fiction

c)

writes poems

10.

What is a repetition?

a)

word that sound the same

b)

words that begin with the same sound

c)

words or phrases that are repeated

11.

Which of the following are examples of rhyme?

a)

blocks , locks

b)

fridge, cat

c)

pat, scratch

12.

What creates a picture in the mind using the 5 senses?

Ex: The grass swayed smoothly from the cool, spring breeze.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

imagery

13.

To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or lines in a poem

Example:

"I'm car sick.

Open a window.

I'm car sick.

rest your eyes.

I'm car sick.

Drink some water."

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

rhythm

14.

Words that end in the same sounds

Ex: Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can.

a)

repetition

b)

rhyme

c)

imagery

15.

A group of lines in a poem

a)

line break

b)

stanza

c)

rhyme

16.

Two words that have the same ending sound are called

a)

rhythm

b)

repetition

c)

rhyme

17.
The poet is the person who
a)
draws the pictures
b)
writes the poem
18.

When parts of a poem are repeated, it is called

a)

rhythm

b)

repetition

c)

rhyme

19.
The purpose of poetry is to
a)
Inform
b)
Entertain
c)
Persuade
20.

The chirping crickets filled the empty night air

a)

Metaphor

b)

Imagery

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

21.

Love is a red, red rose

a)

Imagery

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Repetition

22.

Boom!

a)

Imagery

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

23.

He’s as strong as an ox

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

24.

Will she read these cheap leaflets

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Enjambment

25.

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain

a)

Imagery

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Consonance

26.

The grass grew green in the graveyard

a)

Consonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Metaphor

27.

Despite their mother’s warnings, the children chose to chew with their mouths open

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

28.

The snow in the rose garden groaned

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

29.

Her eyes are like comets

a)

Simile

b)

Imagery

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor

30.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
The writer of a poem is called...
a)
poet
b)
illustrator
c)
author
d)
smart person
32.

The main idea of a poem. What the author wants you to learn

a)

free verse

b)

cinquain

c)

theme

d)

metaphor

33.

What are the red letters an example of?

The people along the sand (A)

All turn and look one way. (B)

They turn their back on the land. (A)

They look at the sea all day. (B)

As long as it takes to pass (C)

A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)

The wetter ground like glass (D)

Reflects a standing gull. (D)

a)

Rhythm

b)

Rhyme

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Alliteration

34.

The _________ are like paragraphs in a poem.

a)

stanzas

b)

lines

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

figurative language

35.

A _______ in a poem is like a sentence in a paragraph.

a)

stanza

b)

line

c)

rhyme

d)

figurative language

36.

Which of the following is NOT an onomatopoeia?

a)

MOOOO!

b)

HEY!

c)

POWW!

d)

WAM!

37.

What is a poet?

a)

the author of a poem

b)

lines of a poem that go together

38.

What is an adjective?

a)

A word that describes

b)

An author of a poem

39.

What is rhythm?

a)

to use words to tell about something

b)

a pattern of the beats, like music

40.
The writer of a poem is called...
a)
poet
b)
illustrator
c)
author
d)
smart person
41.

Poetry is always happy.

a)

True

b)

False

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