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Poetic Structrue

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The message the poet wants the poem to have for the reader.

a)

Symbol

b)

Theme

c)

Repetition

d)

Tone

2.

The voice that "talks" to the reader.

a)

Stanza

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

End Rhyme

d)

Speaker

3.

A group of 2 or more lines that form a unit in a poem.

a)

Speaker

b)

Rhyme

c)

Repetition

d)

Stanza

4.

A pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

Rhyme Scheme

d)

Rhyme

5.

A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated.

a)

Rhyme Scheme

b)

Repetition

c)

Stanza

d)

Speaker

6.

Rhyme that happens within the line of poetry.

a)

Internal Rhyme

b)

End Rhyme

c)

Rhyme

d)

Lyric Poetry

7.

The repetition of sounds at the end of words.

a)

Couplet

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Symbol

d)

Rhyme

8.

When rhyming words come at the end of lines. This is the most common type of poetic rhyme.

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Lyric Poetry

c)

Repetition

d)

Theme

9.

Which of these would be considered a poem?

a)

A paragraph from a novel.

b)

Song lyrics.

c)

A conversation between two people.

d)

Any sentence.

10.

Which of the following is an example of internal rhyme?

a)

Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

b)

She sells seashells by the seashore.

c)

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,

And never stops at all.

d)

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,

11.

Which is an example of alliteration?

a)

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.

b)

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

c)

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

And what I assume you shall assume…

12.
Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the chunks...
a)
stanzas
b)
sections
c)
staza
d)
stan
13.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
14.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
15.
Identify the sound device:
Do you like green eggs and ham?
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
-Dr. Seuss
a)
end rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
c)
slant rhyme
16.
Identify the sound device:
Standing brave in the secret caves
We call to lost kids in the crowd
a)
end rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
c)
slant rhyme
17.

What is the rhyme scheme?

a)

AABBA

b)

ABAAB

c)

ABBAB

d)

AABBC