WorksheetsMrs. Mc's Poetry Terms
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is a metaphor?
A poem with no rhyme and no regular rhythm
A poem that tells a story
Words written in the shape of what the poem is about
A comparison that suggests one thing is the same as another
What is a concrete poem?
A poem that tells a story
A poem written in the shape of what the poem is about
A comparison that suggests one thing is the same as another
Words or phrases to help a reader imagine with the senses
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that imitate sounds
words that have the same end sounds
words and phrases used to help a reader imagine with the senses
a comparison that suggests one thing is the same as another
A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”
symbolism
personification
metaphor
simile
When nonhumans (animals, objects) are represented as being human or as having human attributes
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
What is meter?
The beat of a poem
A comparison
The rhythm of a poem
A poem of praise
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem
Another name for a paragraph
A comparison
A type of rhyme
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using like or as
A comparison without using like or as
A comparison of numbers
A comparison of rhymes
What is assonance?
A repetition of initial consonant sounds
A repetition of vowel sounds
A repetition of rhymes
A repetition of stanzas
What is a couplet?
Two people dating
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Two straight comparisons
A type of poem
seven snakes slithered silently
alliteration
onomatopoeia
rhyme
rhythm
boom, buzz, pow, bang
onomatopoeia
personification
rhyme
alliteration
The sun smiled on the angry clouds.
personification
alliteration
rhyme
onomatopoeia
My friend is a treasure.
metaphor
simile
alliteration
meter
She was as quiet as a mouse.
simile
metaphor
rhyme
alliteration
A form of poetry that originated in Japan and uses three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.
haiku
concrete
ballad
narrative
is called
A five line humorous poem
limerick
Simile
Stanza
Free Verse
Identify the literary device underlined in the following:
“A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a horse of course
That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.”
Simile
Metaphor
Repetition
Rhyme
Identify the literary device underlined in the following:
“I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.”
Allusion
Metaphor
Imagery
Idiom
Which of the following is an example of consonance?
Fair is foul and foul is fair.
The moose and the goose are loose.
I could nap for three weeks.
I do not have a green thumb.
Which of the following is an example of assonance?
Fair is foul and foul is fair.
The moose and the goose are loose.
I could nap for three weeks.
I do not have a green thumb.
Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
Fair is foul and foul is fair.
The moose and the goose are loose.
I could nap for three weeks.
I do not have a green thumb.
the pattern of rhyme in a poem or song. Usually it’s characterized by letters (ABAB or AABB, etc.)
poetic license
rhyme scheme
tone
refrain
A pair of lines in poetry that usually rhyme or have the same meter
quatrain
couplet
stanza
refrain
a stanza of four lines, usually the lines alternate in rhyme (ABAB)
meter
diction
quatrain
refrain
There is a confirmed rumor spreading the hallways.
The crickets were chirping, the stars were shining and the air was filled with the smell of a campfire, s'mores and the pop corn was popping.
You are my sunshine.
He was a Romeo with the ladies.
In concrete poems, the words are arranged to create a ____________________ that relates to the content of the poem
character
rhyme
picture
speaker
My father is a bear in the morning.
I smelled the scent of a rose,
I inhaled the scent through my nose.
While allergic to pollen,
A sneeze came a callin'
And knocked me right off of my toes.
How many lines are in the following poem?
"Risk"
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.
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7
8
9
Poetry that follows no rules. Just about anything goes.
Free Verse
Allusion
Meter
Onomatopoeia
The purpose of poetry includes
telling a story, sharing an event in history and sharing feelings or emotions
telling a story, sharing food, telling about your sister
making nonsense words, have an easy read
In the Poem by Robert Frost, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," poetry is used to compare
Things we love to things in nature that don't last long
a leaf to a dead tree
What is the purpose of "the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," by Gordan Lightfoot?
To tell about how much he loves the sea
To tell about an event in history
To tell about a friend of his named Edmund
What is the purpose of "I, Too," by Langston Hughes?
he had nothing else to do
to tell us he loved to eat in the kitchen instead of at a dining room table
to share an idea of how African Americans had been treated at a particular time in America's history
What is the purpose of "A Poison Tree," by William Blake?
To tell about a tree in his yard
To tell about his feelings of anger
