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What is Poetry? "Flocabulary Quiz"

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is true about poetry?

a)

A: Poetry is always written in strict form.

b)

B: Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.

c)

C: Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.

d)

D: Poets never read their poems aloud.

2.

Which of the following is not a type of poem?

a)

A: a haiku

b)

B: a sonnet

c)

C: a limerick

d)

D: a news article

3.

True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Alliteration, rhyme and onomatopoeia are all examples of

a)

A: prose.

b)

B: sound devices.

c)

C: image devices.

d)

D: meters.

5.

Which of the following does not use figurative language?

a)

A: "The fog comes on little cat feet."

b)

B: "Fog appeared in the harbor and city."

c)

C: "The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."

d)

D: "Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."

6.

Rhyming is when some words

a)

A: sound alike.

b)

B: sound exactly the same.

c)

C: are spelled the same way.

d)

D: have the same definition.

7.

What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt?

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

a)

A: ABBA

b)

B: ABAB

c)

C: AAAB

d)

D: AABA

8.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

a)

A: personification

b)

B: alliteration

c)

C: onomatopoeia

d)

D: metaphor

9.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.

a)

A: personification

b)

B: alliteration

c)

C: onomatopoeia

d)

D: metaphor

10.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The river swallowed the town whole.

a)

A: personification

b)

B: alliteration

c)

C: onomatopoeia

d)

D: simile