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Poetry, you say?

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This pen is perfect,

Just right for my size.

This pen is indeed perfect,

But there is something I despise.

The lid is cracked and

The ink is running low.

The pen is a little crooked.

I guess it is a little old, but

Otherwise everything is fine.

This pen is my favorite

With its words still engraved

And its healthy green glow.

a)

ode

b)

haiku

c)

sonnet

d)

limerick

2.

Snowflakes are our friends

They descend when winter comes

Making white blankets

a)

ballad

b)

sonnet

c)

haiku

d)

free verse

3.

Peace is...

When you are outside on a nice warm day

With a cold glass of yellow lemonade.

Slurp, slurp, slurp.

Feeling the warm sun on my back,

Rubbing my hands through the wet green grass,

Listening to the birds singing a distance away.

Quiet...

Now that's PEACE!

a)

free verse

b)

ode

c)

ballad

d)

sonnet

4.

There was an old man of Peru

Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.

He woke in the night,

With a terrible fright,

And found it was perfectly true.

a)

limerick

b)

ode

c)

haiku

d)

ballad

5.

A knot in the wood;

there is beauty in just that.

A simple marking.

a)

haiku

b)

sonnet

c)

ballad

d)

elegy

6.

"Ryker Middle School was so small everybody knew everybody there. So when a new boy showed up one Tuesday morning just before the first bell rang, he stood out like a sore thumb. Well, maybe not like a sore thumb. He was too good looking for that. He was more like a bright shiny object that attracted everyone’s attention."


What form of figurative Language is used in this passage?

a)

Simile

b)

Personificaton

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

7.
A stanza is made up of....
a)
Multiple lines in a poem
b)
Rhythm
c)
Different types of alliteration
d)
Paragraphs
8.
A _______ in a poem is like a sentence in a paragraph.  
a)
stanza
b)
line
c)
rhyme 
d)
figurative language
9.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The _________ are like paragraphs in a poem. 
a)
stanzas
b)
lines
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
figurative language
11.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
12.
A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a space is a (this is like the paragraph of poetry)...
a)
stanza
b)
refrain
c)
ballad
d)
chorus
13.
The main idea of a poem. What the author wants you to learn
a)
free verse
b)
cinquain
c)
theme
d)
metaphor
14.
A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.
a)
line
b)
stanza
c)
rhythm
d)
anonymous
15.
Which poetry term refers to the "narrator" of the poem?
a)
poet
b)
speaker
c)
stanza
d)
line
16.
Which poetry term refers to the writer of the poem?
a)
poet
b)
speaker
c)
stanza
d)
line
17.
THE MEssage about life that the poem or story tells
Ex: friendship, bravery, courage
a)
alliteration
b)
tone
c)
theme
d)
stanza
18.

A poem's form is the

a)

reason the poet decided to write the poem

b)

message of the poem

c)

narrator of the poem

d)

structure or pattern that the poem follows

19.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
20.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
21.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
22.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
23.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
24.
What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
25.
What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
a)
Refrain
b)
Rhyme
c)
Meter
d)
Simile
26.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
a)
Simile
b)
Refrain
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
27.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
28.
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
29.
EX: I have a ton of chores to do when I get home.
a)
symbol
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyberbole
30.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
31.
Does "mood" focus on the audience or the narrator?
a)
Reader
b)
Narrator
32.
Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.
a)
pictures
b)
height
c)
words
d)
funny faces
33.
What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).
 
a)
pleased
b)
angry
c)
happy
d)
suspicious
34.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
a)
Bitter
b)
Respectful
c)
Objective
d)
Humorous
35.
_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.
a)
mood
b)
tone
36.
if an author has no emotion regarding the story he is telling, his tone can be described as
a)
playful
b)
objective
c)
ironic
d)
mysterious

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