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Poetry Styles

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I have only 3 lines and use the syllable pattern 5, 7, 5. Who am I?

a)

Tanka

b)

Haiku

c)

Acrostic

d)

Diamante

2.

My little brother is Haiku. I am taller than him. I have 5 lines and use the syllable pattern 5, 7, 5, 7, 7

a)

Tanka

b)

Couplet

c)

Cinquain

d)

Acrosticc

3.

You will find my name in the letters of the words in a poem. Often, I am the first letter of the line, but look closely for me becuase I can also be random letters in words that when lined up spell my title.

a)

I Am

b)

Haiku

c)

Tanka

d)

Acrostic

4.

I contain 7 lines. My pattern is 1 noun, 2 adjectives, 3 verbs, 4 nouns, 3 verbs, 2 adjectives, and 1 noun. If you center me I form the shape of a fancy gem. Who am I?

a)

Cinquain

b)

Diamante

c)

Limerick

d)

Concrete

5.

You will quickly be able to tell my theme becuase the words of the poem will form that shape. Who am I?

a)

Concrete

b)

I am

c)

Haiku

d)

Tanka

6.

I express the thoughts and feelings of my author in an autobiographical format. After reading me, you will be able to tell what my author is most passionate about. Who am I?

a)

Concrete

b)

Couplet

c)

Limerick

d)

I am

7.

I am a humorous poem. I follow a very specific rhythym and rhyme format. The rhyme scheme I follow is AA BB A. Find my anscetors in Ireland. Who am I?

a)

Limerick

b)

Haiku

c)

Cinquain

d)

Quatrain

8.

I have exactly 5 lines. My format is based on the following syllable format: 2, 4, 6, 8, 2. Who am I?

a)

Quatrain

b)

Tanka

c)

Cinquain

d)

I am

9.

William Shakspeare loved to write me. I use quatrains to form my poetry form. My rhyme pattern is abab bcbc cdcd ee, or abab cdcd efef gg. Who am I?

a)

Cinquain

b)

I am

c)

Limerick

d)

Sonnet

10.

All poems must rhyme

a)

true

b)

false

11.

I am a poem that speaks about my emotions when it comes to the way other's view me. I am made of of at least three, 3 lined stanzas. The first line of each stanza repeats. Who am I?

a)

I am

b)

Limerick

c)

Sonnet

d)

Just because

12.

I do not need to have rhyming or syllable patters. I do not have a set number of lines in a stanza. When you look at me, my design, you will have no problem telling what the theme of my poem is, who am I?

a)

Cinquain

b)

Just because

c)

Limerick

d)

Concrete

13.

Poems are made up of

a)

paragraphs

b)

stanzas

c)

eggs, flour, and sugar

d)

play dough

14.

Once I write a poem I should just leave it, and never go back to see if I could make it even better.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't do my work