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Poetry Elements

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this an example of?

Six slithery snakes slid sideways.

a)

imagining

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

2.

Simile or metaphor?


She was as fast as lightning.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

3.

Simile or metaphor?

He was a book of knowledge.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

4.

What is a poem with 5 lines. It has rhyming words in the 1st, 2nd, and 5th line. The 3rd and 4th lines ryhme. It is funny.

a)

free verse

b)

ryhme

c)

limerick

5.

Which words ryhme in this poem?

I ran all the way to school.

I thought I was really cool.

Then I figured it out.

Saturday is not was school is about.

4 lines
6.

Which sentence shows alliteration?

a)

Her smile was a bright as the sun.

b)

He ran like a train.

c)

Five furry friends flew on Friday.

d)

His mind was a computer.

7.

What is each section of a poem called?

a)

line

b)

stanza

c)

word

8.

What type of poem doesn't have to have words that ryhme?

a)

limerick

b)

free verse

c)

acroustic

9.

Fill in the blank to show alliteration. Sam and ___________ sang sweetly on ________________.

4 lines