WorksheetsPoetry Vocab & Types
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
The ballad is a popular narrative song passed down and tells stories that are:
Tragic
Comic
Heroic
All of the above
Poets throughout history have changed the ballad and used the form to write their own versions. These ballads are sometimes known as "literary" ballads.
True
False
Clouds murmur darkly,
it is a blinding habit—
gazing at the moon.
This poem is an example of:
Lyric poetry
Spoken Word
Ode
Haiku
Haiku poems originated in Japan and often have three unrhymed lines of seven, five, seven syllables.
True
False
Spoken Word poetry is intended for performance and is contains elements from:
Classical, jazz, blues, and new age music.
Rap, hip-hop, jazz, rock, and folk music.
Folk music, classical, and easy listening.
Grunge, rap, hip-hop, and heavy metal.
Spoken word poetry usually refers to issues of politics, race, community, and
Social Justice
Poverty
Inequality
Inequity
A sonnet has how many lines?
12
16
14
10
Sonnets were created in Italy and imported to which country?
The United States
Spain
France
England
There is only one type of sonnet.
True
False
Sonnets usually reflect on a single thought, with a "turn" of thought . . .
. . . in its concluding lines.
. . . hidden in its title.
. . . in the first quatrain.
. . . after line seven.
A poem that addresses, and often celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea is known as:
A ballad
A lyric poem
A haiku
An ode
A 14 line poem with variable rhyme that usually reflects on a single thought with a twist is known as . . .
An ode
A sonnet
A ballad
A lyric poem
A line of a poem can also be called a
verse
doublet
quatrain
stanza
A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem is known as a
line
verse
stanza
quatrain
Poetry that is usually short, conveys strong emotions, written in first person, and comes in many forms is known as:
A ballad
Lyric poetry
Spoken word
Epic poem
A pair of rhyming lines of poetry is a
Doublet
Rhyme Scheme
Repetition
Couplet
Poems to that do not have a patter of sound or rhythm are known as
Ballads
Sonnets
Odes
Free Verse
Since the early 20th century, most published poetry has been . . .
Rhyming poems
Free verse poems
Poets use rhyme in order to:
Aid memory for reciting
Adds a pleasing repeating element
Adds special emphasis to lines that do rhyme
All of the above
Rhyme that is the most common type of rhyme where the final syllables of a line rhyme is called:
Internal rhyme
End rhyme
Eye rhyme
Free verse
