WorksheetsElements of Poetry
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A grouping of lines in poetry is called a
a)
Stanzas
b)
Figurative Language
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Lines
2.
A figurative language device that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
a)
Simile
b)
Forms
c)
Rhyme Scheme
d)
Idiom
3.
Provides the reader with details related to the senses.
a)
Sensory Language
b)
Stanzas
c)
Symbol
d)
Forms
4.
A device that gives human qualities to non-human things.
a)
Personification
b)
Theme
c)
Forms
d)
Figurative Language
5.
The writer's attitude about the subject of the poem is the -
a)
Tone
b)
Imagery
c)
Idiom
d)
Alliteration
6.
The central or main idea of a poem is -
a)
Theme
b)
Idiom
c)
Sensory Language
d)
Rhyme Scheme
7.
The dove is a __________________ of peace.
a)
Symbol
b)
Tone
c)
Imagery
d)
Stanzas
8.
Specific words the poet uses to create images in the poem.
a)
Imagery
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Personification
d)
Symbol
9.
A pattern of end rhyming words is known as -
a)
Rhyme Scheme
b)
Rhyme Scheme
c)
Alliteration
d)
Mood
10.
A feeling the poem creates in the reader is the -
a)
Mood
b)
Lines
c)
Stanzas
d)
Metaphor
11.
Lyric, narrative, and descriptive are all _________ of poetry.
a)
Forms
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Tone
12.
Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words
a)
Alliteration
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Tone
13.
Language that isn't meant to be taken seriously; examples include simile, metaphor, and personification
a)
Figurative Language
b)
Symbol
c)
Mood
d)
Theme
14.
An exaggerated statement or claim.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Simile
c)
Tone
d)
Onomatopoeia
15.
An expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words.
a)
Idiom
b)
Mood
c)
Lines
d)
Simile
16.
Poetry is typically separated into separate _______ on a page.
a)
Lines
b)
Alliteration
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Sensory Language
17.
A comparison stating that one thing is something else without using the words “like” or “as”.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Sensory Language
c)
Theme
d)
Personification
18.
The imitation of sound in the form of a word.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
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