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Poetry Unit Quiz

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of lines of poetry.

a)

Aside

b)

Anaphora

c)

Refrain

d)

Scheme

2.

A series of lines grouped together to form the divisions of a poem.

a)

Refrain

b)

Ballad

c)

Stanza

d)

Alliteration

3.

Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

a)

Jargon

b)

Don't pick this one

4.

Poetry that has no rhyme scheme and no rhythm.

a)

Blank Verse

b)

Free Verse

c)

Blank Poetry

d)

Free Poetry

5.

A lettering system that illustrates the pattern of the rhyme in a poem.

a)

Stanza

b)

Poetry Graph

c)

Rhyme Scheme

d)

Poetry by Letters

6.

Words rhyme on the same line of a poem; usually a word in the middle rhymes with a word at the end

a)

Inside Rhyme

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

Refrain

d)

Stanza

7.

An often repeated word, line or phrase in a poem

a)

Refrain

b)

Bridge

c)

Unit

d)

Phrase Poem

8.

Two consecutive lines rhyme

a)

Verse

b)

Refrain

c)

Double Rhyme

d)

Couplet

9.

Poetry that has no rhyme scheme but it does have a set rhythm.

a)

Blank Verse

b)

Free Verse

c)

Rhythm Verse

d)

Iambic Verser

10.

The repeating of consonant sounds in a line of poetry.

a)

Refrain

b)

Repetition Verse

c)

Alliteration

d)

Constant

11.

A poem tor song narrating a story in short stanzas.

a)

Sonnet

b)

Ode

c)

Haiku

d)

Ballad

12.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A comparison using "like" or "as"

b)

An exaggeration for effect

c)

A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

d)

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

13.

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

a)

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew."

b)

"My heart leaps up when I behold."

c)

"He clasps the crag with crooked hands."

d)

"I wandered lonely as a cloud."

14.

Do poems have to rhyme?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I don't know

15.

What is the most logical line to complete the rhyming poem?

Mary had a little poodle

All day long she ate a __________

a)

noodle

b)

lamb

c)

no clue

d)

llama

16.
What is a group of lines in a poem?
a)
repetition
b)
stanza
c)
lines
d)
scene
17.

"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?

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Imagery

18.

What does "The poet had butterflies in her stomach as she recited her poem" mean?

a)

Butterflies grew in her stomach

b)

She was ready for her speech

c)

She read her poem out loud

d)

She was nervous before the speech

19.

A ______ is used when you describe something by using an exaggeration.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Personification

20.

Which of the following is true about figurative language?

a)

It is based on the sounds of the words in the poem

b)

It is based on a comparison that is not literally true

c)

It is an over-exaggeration

d)

It is meant to confuse the reader

21.

to show strong feeling; forceful and intense

a)

diatribe

b)

vehment

c)

nefarious

d)

disparity

22.

a difference in level or treatment that seems unfair.

a)

diatribe

b)

vehment

c)

nefarious

d)

disparity

23.

persuade somone to do something

a)

diatribe

b)

vehment

c)

nefarious

d)

cajole

24.

wicked, evil or criminal

a)

diatribe

b)

vehment

c)

nefarious

d)

cajole

25.

a forceful, bitter verbal attack

a)

diatribe

b)

vehment

c)

nefarious

d)

cajole

26.

a person who shows lilttle or no emotion.

a)

sycophant

b)

zealot

c)

stoic

d)

lucrative

27.

fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals

a)

sycophant

b)

zealot

c)

stoic

d)

lucrative

28.

someone who praises powerful or important people excessively and insincerely, often to gain favor or advantage

a)

sycophant

b)

zealot

c)

stoic

d)

lucrative

29.

to produce a great deal of profit.

a)

lucrative

b)

prodigious

c)

assiduous

d)

surmise

30.

to suppose something is true without any evidence to confirm it. 

a)

lucrative

b)

prodigious

c)

assiduous

d)

surmise

31.

– to show great care and to never give up.

a)

lucrative

b)

prodigious

c)

assiduous

d)

surmise

32.

great in size or degree

a)

lucrative

b)

prodigious

c)

assiduous

d)

surmise

33.

What is the term for a poem that does not follow a specific form or structure? No rythym nor rhyme.

a)

Haiku

b)

Ballad

c)

Free Verse

d)

Sonnet

34.

a poem that tells a story

It usually has 4 lined stanzas with the ABCB Rhyme Scheme

a)

Ballad

b)

Blank Verse

c)

Internal Rhyme

d)

Alliteration