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WorksheetsPoetry Unit Quiz
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 20mins
Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of lines of poetry.
Aside
Anaphora
Refrain
Scheme
A series of lines grouped together to form the divisions of a poem.
Refrain
Ballad
Stanza
Alliteration
Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
Jargon
Don't pick this one
Poetry that has no rhyme scheme and no rhythm.
Blank Verse
Free Verse
Blank Poetry
Free Poetry
A lettering system that illustrates the pattern of the rhyme in a poem.
Stanza
Poetry Graph
Rhyme Scheme
Poetry by Letters
Words rhyme on the same line of a poem; usually a word in the middle rhymes with a word at the end
Inside Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
Refrain
Stanza
An often repeated word, line or phrase in a poem
Refrain
Bridge
Unit
Phrase Poem
Two consecutive lines rhyme
Verse
Refrain
Double Rhyme
Couplet
Poetry that has no rhyme scheme but it does have a set rhythm.
Blank Verse
Free Verse
Rhythm Verse
Iambic Verser
The repeating of consonant sounds in a line of poetry.
Refrain
Repetition Verse
Alliteration
Constant
A poem tor song narrating a story in short stanzas.
Sonnet
Ode
Haiku
Ballad
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
An exaggeration for effect
A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew."
"My heart leaps up when I behold."
"He clasps the crag with crooked hands."
"I wandered lonely as a cloud."
Do poems have to rhyme?
Yes
No
I don't know
What is the most logical line to complete the rhyming poem?
Mary had a little poodle
All day long she ate a __________
noodle
lamb
no clue
llama
"Try the grey stuff, it's delicious
Don't believe me, ask the dishes.
They can sing, they can dance"
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
Alliteration
Imagery
What does "The poet had butterflies in her stomach as she recited her poem" mean?
Butterflies grew in her stomach
She was ready for her speech
She read her poem out loud
She was nervous before the speech
A ______ is used when you describe something by using an exaggeration.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Which of the following is true about figurative language?
It is based on the sounds of the words in the poem
It is based on a comparison that is not literally true
It is an over-exaggeration
It is meant to confuse the reader
to show strong feeling; forceful and intense
diatribe
vehment
nefarious
disparity
a difference in level or treatment that seems unfair.
diatribe
vehment
nefarious
disparity
persuade somone to do something
diatribe
vehment
nefarious
cajole
wicked, evil or criminal
diatribe
vehment
nefarious
cajole
a forceful, bitter verbal attack
diatribe
vehment
nefarious
cajole
a person who shows lilttle or no emotion.
sycophant
zealot
stoic
lucrative
fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals
sycophant
zealot
stoic
lucrative
someone who praises powerful or important people excessively and insincerely, often to gain favor or advantage
sycophant
zealot
stoic
lucrative
to produce a great deal of profit.
lucrative
prodigious
assiduous
surmise
to suppose something is true without any evidence to confirm it.
lucrative
prodigious
assiduous
surmise
– to show great care and to never give up.
lucrative
prodigious
assiduous
surmise
great in size or degree
lucrative
prodigious
assiduous
surmise
What is the term for a poem that does not follow a specific form or structure? No rythym nor rhyme.
Haiku
Ballad
Free Verse
Sonnet
a poem that tells a story
It usually has 4 lined stanzas with the ABCB Rhyme Scheme
Ballad
Blank Verse
Internal Rhyme
Alliteration
