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Poetry 1 Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Poems are written in

a)

sentences

b)

paragraphs

c)

lines

d)

none of the above

2.

Lines are grouped together into

a)

stanzas

b)

paragraphs

c)

chunks

d)

sections

3.

Poetry without a regular pattern is called

a)

a sonnet

b)

an acrostic

c)

free verse

d)

none of the above

4.

_______________ is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words such as cat and hat.

a)

rhythm

b)

rhyme

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

5.

_______________ is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a poem.

a)

form

b)

style

c)

stanza

d)

meter

6.

A ___________________ is a direct comparison of unrelated things that uses 'like' or 'as.'

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

7.

A ______________ is a comparison of unrelated things that does NOT use like or as.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

8.

___________________ gives human or lifelike characteristics to something that is not human or not alive.

a)

simile

b)

imagery

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

9.

How many lines are in the following poem?


"Risk"


And then the day came,

when the risk

to remain tight

in a bud

was more painful

than the risk

it took

to blossom.

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

10.

How many stanzas are in this poem?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

11.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

a)

a, b, c, a, b, c, a, b

b)

a, b, c, b, d, b, e, b

c)

a, g, k, l, q, z, y, o

d)

none of the above

12.

What is the theme of this poem?

a)

Kindness is always the best policy.

b)

It's sometimes okay to be unkind to others.

c)

Good leaders show instead of tell.

d)

None of the above.

13.

Poetry is a kind of writing that focuses on...

a)

facts and opinions

b)

characters and their problems

c)

imagination and feelings

14.

Name the figurative language: "Hope is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

15.

When the middle vowel sound repeats as in the line: "clap your hands and stamp your feet" the poetic device is called...

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Rhyme

d)

Repetition

16.

While reading a poem, Sherry discover a reference to the 23rd Psalm. "Oh!" she exclaimed, "that's a(n) _______."

a)

metaphor

b)

allusion

c)

simile

d)

personification

17.

A couplet is ___ line(s) of poetry.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

The pattern made by the stressed and unstressed syllables in a single line of poetry.

a)

rhyme

b)

meter

c)

haiku

d)

alliteration

19.

What is the stress pattern of an iamb?

a)

stressed, unstressed

b)

unstressed, stressed

c)

stressed, stressed

d)

unstressed, unstressed

20.

Which of these lines is NOT in iambic pentameter?

a)

"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?"

b)

"A little more than kin and less than kind."

c)

"Just for a handful of silver he left us."

d)

"So foul and fair a day I have not seen."

21.

If a poem has a Didactic tone, what type of tone does the poem have?

a)

Strong, demanding

b)

Intended to teach

c)

Dictating mood

d)

Calm and relaxing