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Ms. Mitchell's Poetry Unit Test

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is NOT true about haiku poems?

a)

They're usually about nature.

b)

They originated in Japan.

c)

They have 25 syllables total.

d)

They have 3 lines.

2.

A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of

a)

seven stanzas

b)

two limericks in a row

c)

four quatrains and a couplet

d)

three quatrains and a couplet

3.

What is meter?

a)

the number of lines in a poem

b)

the type of words used in a poem

c)

the pattern of stressed and unstressed lines in a poem

d)

the cycle of rhyming and non-rhyming words in a poem

4.

Alliteration, rhyme and onomatopoeia are all examples of

a)

prose

b)

sound devices

c)

image devices

d)

meters

5.

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem excerpt?

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

a)

ABBA

b)

AAAB

c)

ABAB

d)

AABA

6.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?


The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoiea

d)

metaphor

7.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?


The river swallowed the town whole.

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoiea

d)

simile

8.

"That poetry test was brutal"


Which word has the same connotation as the word brutal above?

a)

Confusing

b)

Wicked

c)

Difficult

d)

Murderous

9.

What is a stanza?

a)

The way a poem sounds

b)

The structure of the entire poem

c)

A line in a poem

d)

A paragraph in a poem

10.

"They were elated to see they had finally understood a poem in ELA class!"


Which word has the same connotation as elated in the example above?

a)

Happy

b)

Thrilled

c)

Neutral

d)

Satisfied

11.

"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

12.

"Long live the rose that grew from concrete"


Long live is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopoeia

13.

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

14.

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

15.
Writing that is not in poetry form is called what?
a)
bros
b)
goes
c)
throws
d)
prose
16.

"Golden girl/ in a golden gown"

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

consonance

d)

onomatopoeia

17.

"Life is a broken-winged bird/ That cannot fly"

a)

allusion

b)

simile

c)

personificaiton

d)

metaphor

18.

"I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend./ And I keep/ hearing from the cellar bin/ The rumbling sound/ Of load on load of apples coming in."

a)

personification

b)

irony

c)

simile

d)

imagery

19.

From the molten-golden notes,/ And an in tune,/ What a liquid ditty floats/ To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats"

a)

alliteration

b)

consonance

c)

assonance

d)

rhyme scheme

20.

“Because I could not stop for Death –/ He kindly stopped for me –"

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

apostrophe

d)

allusion

21.

'“Hope” is the thing with feathers -/ That perches in the soul"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

paradox

22.

How many syllables are in each line of a haiku

a)

5-7-5

b)

7-5-5

c)

20

d)

7-5-5-7

23.

"I have told you a million times not to bounce that ball in the house", said the tired mother to her active four year old.

What form of figurative language is being used?

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

idiom

24.

"Life is a highway; I'm going to ride it all night long!"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

pun

25.

"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while."

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

pun

26.

"The wind is howling like the swirling storm inside..." is personification and ___________.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

onomatopoeia

27.

"Baby now we've got bad blood"

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

onomatopoeia

28.

"Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof!"

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

simile

d)

pun

29.
"Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times."
Is an example of...
a)
hyperbole
b)
symbols
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
30.
"Your words cut deeper than a knife
Now I need someone to breathe me back to life." Is an example of...
a)
personification
b)
cliche
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
31.
"Your whole team rats, your CEO is Master Splinter."
This is referencing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which is an...
a)
allusion
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
irony
32.

"Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer" is an example of....

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personifcation

d)

hyperbole

33.

"Break the bank," is an example of ...

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

34.

"Tick tock on the clock," is an example of...

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

35.

"Said, I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow so..." is an example of

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

36.
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses self contradictory terms back to back.
a)
True
b)
False
37.

"Oh he's so beautiful--such a beautiful disaster," sings Kelly Clarkson.

a)

oxymoron

b)

paradox

38.
Which of the following is NOT oxymoron?
a)
mild hot sauce
b)
comfortable misery 
c)
a wise fool 
d)
 a smart decision 
39.

Zombies are the living dead.

a)

not an oxymoron

b)

oxymoron

40.
"Water is cheaper than diamonds, yet humans need water, not diamonds, to survive."
a)
hyperbole
b)
paradox
c)
allusion 
d)
simile
41.
"Your harsh criticisms are like fish hooks that pierce my confidence."
a)
simile
b)
metapor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification 
42.
"Who knew when he flew from the boundaries of his mind that he would still be recognizable in his insanity?"
a)
alliteration 
b)
assonance
c)
allusion 
d)
oxymoron 
43.
What does the following paradox most likely mean?
"I close my eyes so that I can see."
a)
The person is blind and only has vision when closing his or her eyes.
b)
The person's imagination or internal vision is stronger when blocking out visual distractions. 
c)
It makes absolutely no sense. 
d)
The person needs to nap so that he or she can think better, 
44.
When a person says something that is the opposite of what he/she means, the person is using
a)
ironic speech
b)
verbal irony
c)
trickery
d)
verbal disagreement
45.
When the audience or reader knows something important that a character in the story does not know, this is called
a)
situational irony
b)
intelligent craft
c)
dramatic irony
d)
rising action
46.
Traveling from Pennsylvania to Florida in January in order to avoid the cold weather but finding below-freezing temperatures once you arrived in Florida would be an example of:
a)
dramatic irony
b)
good luck
c)
situational irony
d)
motion sickness
47.
The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ________.
a)
mood
b)
tone
48.
What is the mood?
a)
hopeful
b)
bossy
c)
embarrassed
d)
excited
49.
After he ate a steak the size of half a cow, he still wanted dessert.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
allusion
50.
a rose represents love, winter represents death, red represents passion, etc.
a)
symbolism
b)
hyperbole
c)
allegory
d)
allusion
51.
Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
52.
An emotional feeling or the atmosphere the writer creates in or for the READER
a)
tone 
b)
mood
c)
hyperbole
d)
symbolism
53.
A reference to an important event, person, or object with which the writer believes the reader will know in order to elicit a response from the reader
a)
allusion
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
form
54.
When an author repeats a word or phrase to add emphasis or power
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
repetition
d)
alliteration
55.
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. 
a)
Allusion
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Metaphor
d)
Assonance
56.
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
a)
Free Verse
b)
Stanza
c)
Tone
d)
Onomatopoeia
57.

Rhyming words that are found inside lines of poetry are an example of internal rhyme.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

The wet dog met a lonely man with an umbrella in tow. Does this line contain an internal rhyme?

a)

Yes

b)

No

59.

Why do you fear,

my lovely dear-

the storm is not near


Do the lines contain internal rhymes or end rhymes?

a)

internal rhymes

b)

end rhymes

60.

Which is an example of slant rhyme?

a)

fear & near

b)

pallate & polite

c)

mend & tend

d)

right & fight

61.

Line 2 of this poem contains an example of a/an ___________.

a)

internal rhyme

b)

end rhyme

c)

slant rhyme

d)

rhyme scheme

62.

What kind of stanza is shown in this photo?

a)

couplet

b)

quatrain

c)

sestet

63.

This excerpt contains _________.

a)

three couplets

b)

one sestet

c)

three quatrains

64.

The highlighted words show the use of _____________.

a)

end rhyme

b)

slant rhyme

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

internal rhyme

65.

Examine the excerpt below and note the word in purple. It is called a/an ________.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

allusion

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

66.

What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?

a)

ababab

b)

abcdef

c)

ababcd

d)

abcbdb

67.

What would the hashtag #alonetogether be?

a)

metaphor

b)

allusion

c)

oxymoron

d)

paradox

68.

"Failure is the key to success" would be what type of fig. language?

a)

paradox

b)

alliteration

c)

allusion

d)

oxymoron

69.

"Who do you think I am? Cinderella? Don't tell me to clean your house!" is an example of

a)

oxymoron

b)

allusion

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

70.

What are the 2 things that are being compared in this simile: Your ugly pants look like they were in the garbage!"?

a)

ugly to pretty

b)

pants to look

c)

the duck to a swan

d)

your ugly pants to garbage

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