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Poetry Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words occurring close together in a line of poetry?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

imagery

c)

alliteration

d)

rhyme

2.

What poem has five lines and is often humorous, and lines one, two, and five rhyme?

a)

lyric

b)

limerick

c)

haiku

d)

free verse

3.

What is it called when there is a comparison over several lines in a poem?

a)

stanza

b)

free verse

c)

an epic

d)

extended metaphor

4.

"It was just a slip of the tongue," is what kind of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

5.

What poetic device is the line below an example of?

"The poet's pen is pointing purposefully at his paper."

a)

rhyme

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

assonance

6.

If a line of poetry does not end with punctuation, you should

a)

make a full stop

b)

stop for as long as you like

c)

keep reading until it does

d)

add punctuation

7.

What is the name of the poetic device from the example?

"Let the rain kiss you/Let the rain beat upon your head with silver. . ."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

8.

What is the following an example of?

"I took the car, but it wasn't far."

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

internal rhyme

d)

external rhyme

9.

A poem written in three lines with the first and third lines having five syllables and the second line having seven syllables is called a(n)

a)

sonnet

b)

haiku

c)

free verse poem

d)

narrative poem

10.

A form of poetry that has no regular rhyme or meter is called

a)

figurative language

b)

limerick

c)

haiku

d)

free verse

11.

A word whose sound imitates its meaning is called

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

12.

A poem that tells a story with a plot, setting, and characters is

a)

free verse

b)

lyric poem

c)

narrative poem

d)

sonnet

13.

A poem that expresses the feelings/emotions and the thoughts of the speaker is a(n)

a)

lyric poem

b)

concrete poem

c)

extended metaphor

d)

narrative poem

14.

What do you call the following lines?

"My best friends live on the shelf.

We visit when I am by myself.""

a)

rhythm

b)

alliteration

c)

couplet

d)

quatrain

15.

"There was a young lady whose nose

Continually prospers and grows;

When it grew out of sight,

She exclaimed in a fright,

Oh, Farewell to the end of my nose!""

a)

a sonnet

b)

a limerick

c)

a haiku

d)

free verse

16.

Poetry that does not rhyme exactly but repeats only some sounds uses

a)

free verse

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

slant rhyme

17.

In free verse, the poem

a)

is written in couplets

b)

has no punctuation marks

c)

should be read using natural rhythm

d)

has forced end-rhymes

18.

An image is a word or phrase that

a)

is only found in poetry

b)

appeals to one of the senses

c)

is part of the rhyme scheme

d)

creates a particular sound

19.

Which of the following pairs of words may be used as an example of approximate/slant rhyme?

a)

now and know

b)

love and above

c)

dark and dreary

d)

June and moon

20.

Are the poet and the speaker of the poem the same person?

a)

Always

b)

Never

c)

Sometimes

d)

I don't know