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7th Grade Poetry Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define Simile

a)

Giving human qualities or characteristics to an object, animal, or idea (something not human)

b)

Making a comparison using "like or "as"

c)

Making a comparison by saying one thing IS another

d)

Extreme exaggeration

2.

Define Metaphor

a)

Giving human qualities or characteristics to an object, animal, or idea (something not human)

b)

Making a comparison using "like" or "as"

c)

Making a comparison by saying one thing IS another

d)

Extreme exaggeration

3.

Define Hyperbole

a)

Giving human qualities or characteristics to an object, animal, or idea (something not human)

b)

Making a comparison using "like" or "as"

c)

Making a comparison by saying one thing IS another

d)

Extreme exaggeration

4.

Define Personification

a)

Giving human qualities or characteristics to an object, animal, or idea (something not human)

b)

Making a comparison by using "like" or "as"

c)

Making a comparison by saying one thing IS another

d)

Extreme exaggeration

5.

"Baby you're a firework" is an example of

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

6.

"You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed, sing like a bird, ..." is an example of

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

7.

"Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come" is an example of

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

8.

"Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles If I could just see you tonight" is an example of

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

9.

What are these examples of:

Poof, Kaboom, Gulp, Crack, Aargh, Vroom

a)

alliteration

b)

rhyme

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

repetition

10.

"See you later, alligator" is an example of

a)

alliteration

b)

rhyme

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

repetition

11.

What is the Rhyme Scheme for this stanza of poetry:


Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

a)

ABAB

b)

AABB

c)

ABCD

d)

ABCA

12.

What TWO sound devices are used in this example?


"Tick! Tock! on the clock"

a)

Repetition and rhyme

b)

Onomatopoeia and repetition

c)

Alliteration and repetition

d)

Onomatopoeia and rhyme

13.

What is this an example of?


"Love is a battlefield"

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

14.

What type of sensory imagery is used in this example?


"After eating the curry, his breath stank of garlic".

a)

Sight

b)

Smell

c)

Taste

d)

Sound

e)

Touch

15.

What type of sensory imagery is used in this example?


"Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur!"

a)

Sight

b)

Smell

c)

Taste

d)

Sound

e)

Touch

16.

What type of sensory imagery is used in this example?


"Crispy and tart, I bit the apple and tried not to let the juice escape the corners of my mouth".

a)

Sight

b)

Smell

c)

Taste

d)

Sound

e)

Touch

17.

What type of sensory imagery is used in this example?


"Light bounced off the waves and sparkled on the surface of the water".

a)

Sight

b)

Smell

c)

Taste

d)

Sound

e)

Touch

18.

What type of sound device is this an example of?


"If colored caterpillars could change their colors constantly could they keep their colored coat colored properly?"

a)

Repetition

b)

Rhyme

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Alliteration

19.

Define Rhyme

a)

The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

b)

Repeating words or phrases, right next to each other, or later in

the poem.

c)

Words that imitate sounds.

d)

Repeated starting sounds in words that are close together.

20.

Define Repetition

a)

The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

b)

Repeating words or phrases, right next to each other, or later in

the poem.

c)

Words that imitate sounds.

d)

Repeated starting sounds in words that are close together.

21.

Define Alliteration

a)

The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

b)

Repeating words or phrases, right next to each other, or later in

the poem.

c)

Words that imitate sounds.

d)

Repeated starting sounds in words that are close together.

22.

Define Onomatopoeia

a)

The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

b)

Repeating words or phrases, right next to each other, or later in

the poem.

c)

Words that imitate sounds.

d)

Repeated starting sounds in words that are close together.

23.

What TWO poetic devices are used in this example?


"The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor,

And the highwayman came riding -

Riding- riding-"

a)

Metaphor and simile

b)

Metaphor and repetition

c)

Simile and repetition

d)

hyperbole and onomatopoeia

24.

What TWO poetic devices are used in this example?


"Sally was as sweet as a strawberry sundae!"

a)

Alliteration and simile

b)

Alliteration and metaphor

c)

Alliteration and hyperbole

d)

Rhyme and repetition

25.

Which of these examples is a Hyperbole?

a)

He is so strong!

b)

He is as strong as the Hulk.

c)

He is the Hulk.

d)

He could lift a mountain!

26.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?


"I started on my homework

but my pen ran out of ink.

My hamster ate my homework.

My computer’s on the blink".

a)

AAAB

b)

ABCA

c)

ABAC

d)

ABAB

27.

Which of these examples is Personification?

a)

The clouds cried until the rivers were full.

b)

It rained hard today.

c)

It rained cats and dogs.

d)

It rained like someone had turned on the faucet.

28.

Define Stanza

a)

When you stand up to read a poem

b)

Words that rhyme

c)

A paragraph or section of poetry

d)

the opposite of a sitza

29.

In poetry, the speaker is the narrator of the poem.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

What do you still need to study for this test?

a)

Sensory Imagery (Sight, Smell, Taste, Sound, Touch)

b)

Sound Devices (Alliteration, Repetition, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia)

c)

Figurative Language (Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Hyperbole)

d)

All of it!!!

e)

I've GOT this!