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Poetry Elements Pre and Post Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of lines is called a _______________________.

a)

lines

b)

paragraphs

c)

sentences

d)

Stanzas

2.

Poems may have a regular _________________, which is the repetition of similar sounds

a)

Meter

b)

Rhyme

c)

Alliteration

d)

Graphic Elements

3.

A _____________ _______________ is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

a)

Graphic Elements

b)

Rhyme Scheme

4.

_________________ uses words that imitate or suggest the sound of what they describe, such as hiss and thud.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Consonance

c)

Assonance

d)

onomatopeia

5.

Poets use _______________, or language that appeals to the senses, to help readers visualize what they read.

a)

Sensory Language

b)

Figurative Language

c)

Similie

d)

Metaphor

6.

______________ uses like or as to compare seemingly unlike things.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

idiom

7.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
8.

What sound device is used here in each of the lines:
"Good as gold"
"Busy bee building"
"Living the lovely life"

a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
9.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
10.
A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.
a)
line
b)
stanza
c)
rhythm
d)
anonymous
11.
A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
line
d)
stanza
12.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
13.
EX: I have a ton of chores to do when I get home.
a)
symbol
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyberbole
14.

Which of the following pairs of words rhyme?

a)

Banana and Apple

b)

Cry and Pie

c)

Baby and Lovely

d)

Fast and Furious

15.

Rhyming words sound the same _______

a)

at the end of the word.

b)

at the beginning of the word.

c)

because they are the same.

d)

but mean different things.

16.

Rhyme scheme helps create _______ in the poem and can make the poem fun to read.

a)

rhymes

b)

the poem going

c)

patterns

d)

rhythm

17.

Complete the rhyme scheme

a)

A

B

b)

B

A

c)

A

A

d)

B

B

18.

Instead of a paragraph, a chunk of lines in poetry are called a...

a)

paragraph

b)

stanza

c)

couplet

d)

rhyme

19.

Which word rhymes with all three of the words below?
"butterfly"
"shy"
"multiply"

a)
bite
b)
eye
c)
ugly
d)
many
20.

The person who writes a poem

a)

playwright

b)

poet

c)

illustrator

d)

speaker

21.

What the details help the reader imagine images in their minds...

a)

imagery

b)

sensory

c)

figurative

d)

tone

22.

The attitude the poet has toward the topic

a)

imagery

b)

sensory

c)

figurative

d)

tone

23.

the main message or lesson in the poem

a)

tone

b)

theme

c)

speaker

d)

stanza

24.

when words rhyme in the same line

Ex: there were worn out tires and twisted wires

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

internal rhyme

c)

end rhyme

d)

rhyme scheme

25.

when words rhyme in the same line

Ex: there were worn out tires and twisted wires

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

internal rhyme

c)

end rhyme

d)

rhyme scheme