WorksheetsPoetry and Poem
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When it is unknown who the author (or owner) is of a piece of writing
a)
stanza
b)
anonymous
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
2.
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
a)
personification
b)
poem
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
3.
A comparison using "like" or "as"
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
stanza
4.
A person who writes a poem is ______________.
a)
an author
b)
a reader
c)
a poet
d)
an actor
5.
What are words that imitate sounds?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
synonyms
6.
Onomatopoeias, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, idioms, and personification are all types of...
a)
figurative language
b)
sensory language
c)
genres
d)
media
7.
Simile or Metaphor:
My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.
My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
8.
Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.
My father is a bear in the morning.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
9.
repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
couplet
d)
rhyme
10.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
11.
Poems never contain figurative language.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Which of these is an example of alliteration?
a)
George went to the store to buy some bread.
b)
Smelling the flower reminded the girl of her grandmother
c)
The rough bark tickled my fingertips as I walked through the forest.
d)
Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore
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