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Basic Poetry Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is poetry?

a)

Where the sound and meaning of words are combined to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas.

b)

Words and paragraphs with a main idea for each.

c)

Choosing words to fit the needs of the author and his/her audience

2.

What does a poet do?

a)

writes a fiction story

b)

writes non-fiction

c)

writes poems

3.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
4.

Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the sections...

a)

stanzas

b)

chunks

c)

fragments

d)

breaks

5.

True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is repetition in a poem?

a)

word that sound the same

b)

words that begin with the same sound

c)

words or phrases that are repeated

7.

Rhyming is when some words

a)

sound alike.

b)

sound exactly the same.

c)

are spelled the same way.

d)

have the same definition.

8.

What does rhyme mean?

a)

having the same ending sound

b)

a pattern of the beats, like music

c)

words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings

9.

All poems have to rhyme.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Rhyming sounds have to be spelled the same way.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which of the following pairs of words rhyme?

a)

Banana and Apple

b)

Cry and Pie

c)

Baby and Lady

d)

Fast and Furious

12.

Which of the following are examples of rhyme?

a)

blocks and locks

b)

fridge and cat

c)

pat and scratch

13.

Which word DOES NOT rhyme with the following three?

kite

light

rewrite

a)

stoplight

b)

meteorite

c)

satellite

d)

sigh

14.
Which word rhymes with all three?
butterfly
shy
multiply
a)
bite
b)
eye
c)
ugly
d)
many
15.
What is the most logical line to complete the poem?
Mary had a little poodle
All day long she ate a __________
a)
noodle
b)
lamb
c)
no clue
d)
llama
16.
Which words don't rhyme with anything else in the poem?
a)
none
b)
horses
c)
Dumpty
d)
again
17.

Which word rhymes with blue?

a)

buke

b)

home

c)

goop

d)

chew

18.

The author's message or lesson learned in the poem

a)

Topic

b)

Theme

c)

Answer

d)

Fable

19.
A theme should be a statement, not just one word. 
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
20.

A piece of writing can have more than one theme.

a)

True

b)

False

21.
When determining a theme, the reader should first consider...
a)
the illustrations
b)
the subject or topic
c)
the title
d)
the length of the story 
22.
What is the theme of this story? 
a)
Don't be greedy.
b)
Work together.
c)
Respect your elders. 
d)
Don't steal.
23.
What is the theme of this story?
a)
Don't steal
b)
Look both ways before crossing the street. 
c)
Necessity is the mother of invention. 
d)
One good turn deserves another.
24.
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower; 
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay. 
What is the central theme of this poem?
a)
Nature and man must get along
b)
Wonderful and beautiful things only last a short while
c)
Sunsets and sunrises are beautiful
d)
Nature and beauty are permanent.