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Poetry Test

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 2hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All poems must rhyme:

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Alliteration is:

a)

Giving human qualities to an object or animal.

b)

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

c)

The writer's attitude toward the subject or audience.

d)

A number of words, having the same first consonant sound, that occur close together in a series.

3.

A stanza is similar to a(n):

a)

Essay

b)

Paragraph

c)

Line

4.

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"

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

5.

"Life is a journey" is an example of which poetic device?

a)

imagery

b)

mood

c)

metaphor

d)

theme

6.
Describes something non-human with human qualities
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
7.
A word that sounds like the noise it describes
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
assonance
d)
simile
8.

Comparing using "like" or "as".

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

9.
Repeats the beginning consonant sounds in words
a)
rhyme
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
assonance
d)
alliteration
10.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The black birddog boldly began to bark.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
internal rhyme
11.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The engine purred like a contented cat.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
assonance
12.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The morning sun smiled down on the children.
a)
rhyme
b)
assonance
c)
personification
d)
onomatopoeia
13.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
Her hair is a shimmering waterfall.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
rhyme
d)
metaphor
14.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The leaves danced in the wind.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
rhyme
d)
alliteration
15.
A quatrain is a group of how many lines?
a)
8
b)
5
c)
4
d)
14
16.

Snowflakes are our friends

They descend when winter comes

Making white blankets

a)

ballad

b)

sonnet

c)

haiku

d)

free verse

17.

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.

a)

limerick

b)

ode

c)

haiku

d)

ballad

18.
a poem written in the shape of its subject matter
a)
triplet
b)
ballad
c)
limerick
d)
concrete poem
19.
a poem that does not have rhyme and does not have meter; has no restrictions
a)
limerick
b)
quatrain
c)
stanza
d)
free verse
20.
a 17-syllable traditional Japanese poem; unrhymed; has no title; has three lines containing syllables of 5, 7 & 5; usually about nature
a)
haiku
b)
limerick
c)
ballad
d)
concrete poem
21.
a humorous 5-line poem; usually begins with "There once was a..."; the third and fourth lines are shorter than lines 1, 3, & 5; rhyme scheme is AABBA
a)
limerick
b)
haiku
c)
quatrain
d)
free verse
22.

Imagery that uses words and phrases that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, & taste

a)

simile

b)

tone

c)

figurative language

d)

theme

23.
What is the following statement an example of?
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
24.
What is the following statement an example of?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
25.
This type of poem is  a question intentionally phrased so as to require cleverness in its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game.
a)
Riddle
b)
Sonnet
c)
Shape Poem
d)
Acrostic
26.
A limerick has ___ lines.
a)
2
b)
3
c)
5
d)
6
27.
How many syllables total in a Haiku?
a)
10
b)
15
c)
17
d)
7
28.

What could you add to make this 5 syllables?

Rain Showers in _________

a)

April

b)

May

c)

September

d)

July

29.

Which line(s) have 7 syllables?

a)

My bunny is named June

b)

What is your favorite color

c)

I love giraffes and rabbits

d)

How many apples on the tree

30.
Which of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue.
a)
Taste
b)
Touch
c)
Sight
d)
Sound
31.
Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch 
d)
Taste
32.

Imagery in poetry appeal into the following senses.

a)

Sight

b)

Hearing

c)

Touch

d)

All of the above

33.
Which of the following lines from Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” contains imagery?
a)
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
b)
 But I have promises to keep
c)
And miles to go before I sleep
d)
All of the above
34.

Which of these is the best definition of imagery?

a)

anything that is literal

b)

giving a human trait to something non-human

c)

language that appeals to the reader's five senses

d)

descriptions that are not literally true

35.
Watermelon
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, slurping, smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy
a)
cinquain
b)
couplet
c)
haiku
d)
limerick
36.

Where would you find three -ing action verbs in a cinquain?

a)

Line 1

b)

Line 2

c)

Line 3

d)

Line 4

e)

Line 5

37.
a)

This poem is a quatrain

b)

This poem is a cinquain.

c)

This poem is a free verse.

d)

This poem is a limerick

38.
a)

This poem is a haiku.

b)

This poem is a quatrain.

c)

This poem is a free verse.

d)

This poem is a limerick

39.

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!

a)

ABCD

b)

ABAB

c)

AABB

d)

ABCB

40.

Which of the follow is an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

Sameera is bright like the sunrise.

b)

"HIYA!" shouted Cassel.

c)

The flowers danced with Chloe in the field.

d)

Maddy made marshmallows at midnight.

41.

"She travelled through the desert, which was a sea of sand"


What does the metaphor sea of sand mean in the example above?

a)

The desert did not have much sand

b)

The desert was difficult to travel through

c)

The desert was full of never-ending sand

d)

The desert was lush and green

42.

What is the overall message of the poem?

a)

People hear voices in their head that they need to ignore

b)

People must trust the voice within themselves in order to make choices

c)

People must ignore their inner dialogue as it is not always right

d)

People will learn to love themselves if they try

43.

Based on lines 5-7, the reader can conclude that the speaker believes —

a)

You are the only one in control of making your own choices

b)

You are not in control of life's choices, other people are

c)

You are meant to listen to only the bad voices in your head

d)

You need to ignore the opinions of others