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WorksheetsPoetry Test
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 2hrs 9mins
All poems must rhyme:
True
False
Alliteration is:
Giving human qualities to an object or animal.
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
The writer's attitude toward the subject or audience.
A number of words, having the same first consonant sound, that occur close together in a series.
A stanza is similar to a(n):
Essay
Paragraph
Line
A figure of speech that describes or compares an object or action in a way that isn't literally true but helps explain an idea or make a comparison and states an object is another; does not use the words "like" or "as"
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Imagery
"Life is a journey" is an example of which poetic device?
imagery
mood
metaphor
theme
Comparing using "like" or "as".
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Personification
The black birddog boldly began to bark.
The engine purred like a contented cat.
The morning sun smiled down on the children.
Her hair is a shimmering waterfall.
The leaves danced in the wind.
Snowflakes are our friends
They descend when winter comes
Making white blankets
ballad
sonnet
haiku
free verse
There was an old man of Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He woke in the night,
With a terrible fright,
And found it was perfectly true.
limerick
ode
haiku
ballad
Imagery that uses words and phrases that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, & taste
simile
tone
figurative language
theme
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
What could you add to make this 5 syllables?
Rain Showers in _________
April
May
September
July
Which line(s) have 7 syllables?
My bunny is named June
What is your favorite color
I love giraffes and rabbits
How many apples on the tree
Imagery in poetry appeal into the following senses.
Sight
Hearing
Touch
All of the above
Which of these is the best definition of imagery?
anything that is literal
giving a human trait to something non-human
language that appeals to the reader's five senses
descriptions that are not literally true
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, slurping, smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy
Where would you find three -ing action verbs in a cinquain?
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
This poem is a quatrain
This poem is a cinquain.
This poem is a free verse.
This poem is a limerick
This poem is a haiku.
This poem is a quatrain.
This poem is a free verse.
This poem is a limerick
What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines:
There was a boy named Nate.
He was very great.
Nate was so smart,
But he was bad at art!
ABCD
ABAB
AABB
ABCB
Which of the follow is an example of onomatopoeia?
Sameera is bright like the sunrise.
"HIYA!" shouted Cassel.
The flowers danced with Chloe in the field.
Maddy made marshmallows at midnight.
"She travelled through the desert, which was a sea of sand"
What does the metaphor sea of sand mean in the example above?
The desert did not have much sand
The desert was difficult to travel through
The desert was full of never-ending sand
The desert was lush and green
What is the overall message of the poem?
People hear voices in their head that they need to ignore
People must trust the voice within themselves in order to make choices
People must ignore their inner dialogue as it is not always right
People will learn to love themselves if they try
Based on lines 5-7, the reader can conclude that the speaker believes —
You are the only one in control of making your own choices
You are not in control of life's choices, other people are
You are meant to listen to only the bad voices in your head
You need to ignore the opinions of others
