WorksheetsElements of Poetry Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Poetry is a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm.
true
false
What figurative language is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hyberbole
Who is the speaker in a poem?
Speaker is another name for the author.
It is the person who we imagine is saying the poem.
This is the subject of the poem.
This is the person performing the poem on stage.
The following is an example of what?
I have a grey and white cat,
Who is old, lazy and fat.
Personification
Rhyme
Imagery
Alliteration
What are symbols used for in poetry?
They compare 2 things.
They're there to confuse you.
They represent different things or ideas.
They emphasize an idea or thing.
Which of the following is an example of a simile?
That house is a money pit.
You were brave like a lion.
Her long hair is a flowing golden river.
Bill's eyes were ice while he stared at her.
_____________refers to the emotional response that is evoked in the reader through a piece of literature.
Mood
Tone
Rhyme
__________________ is a writer or speaker's word choice that helps define the written or spoken word and expresses personal style.
Tone
Figurative language
Diction
__________ happens when words that start with the same consonant sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence.
Repetition
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia.
"Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore..." is an example of __________.
assonance
rhyme
alliteration
What do the following have in common: assonance, alliteration and onomatopoeia?
They are all sound devices.
They always appear together.
They are all types of simile.
“Exhaustion is a thin blanket tattered with bullet holes” is an example of __________.
simile
personification
metaphor
“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!” is an example of _________.
Metaphor
simile
personification
"Wisdom calls aloud in the street,
she raises her voice in the public squares..." Prov. 1:20
simile
personification
alliteration
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. (Prov. 6:5)
simile
Metaphor
Personification
"Hear the mellow wedding bells" - "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe
alliteration
assonance
personification
Too much horrified to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,
Out of tune…
alliteration
simile
onomatopoeia
