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literature

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A true life story is called_________________

a)

Fiction

b)

Non Fiction

c)

Fantasy

d)

Poetry

2.

A story that has been made up and has made up characters

a)

Fantasy

b)

Non Fiction

c)

Fiction

d)

Folktale

3.

Verse and rhyme that creates an emotional response is called _________________

a)

Poetry

b)

Mystery

c)

Biography

d)

Fable

4.

A fiction story including elements that are impossible

a)

Fantasy

b)

Autobiography

c)

Poetry

d)

Fable

5.

A story that teaches a lesson called a moral

a)

Fantasy

b)

Folktale

c)

Poetry

d)

Fable

6.

The story of a real person's life written by that person

a)

Biography

b)

Autobiography

c)

Non fiction

d)

Fiction

7.

"Genre" means:

a)

category

b)

story

c)

author

d)

character

8.

Fiction is

a)

not fake; it is real

b)

fake; it is a made up story

9.

Stories with magic, monsters, superpowers, or other things that do not exist in reality.

a)

Fantasy

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Expository

d)

Science Fiction

10.

Fictional stories based on or around important people or events from the past.

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Fantasy

d)

Science Fiction

11.

Stories that could actually happen but didn’t, and they are made up.

a)

Science Fiction

b)

Poetry

c)

Historical Fiction

d)

Realistic Fiction

12.

Stories with aliens, advanced technology, or futuristic weapons.

a)

Fantasy

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Science Fiction

d)

Informational Text

13.

Non-fiction is

a)

fake; a made up story

b)

not fake; it is real

14.

A written account of an individual's life written by someone else

a)

essay

b)

biography

c)

autobiography

d)

tall tale

15.

A brief story, usually containing animal characters; teaches a moral or a life lesson

a)

fable

b)

legend

c)

tall tale

d)

myth

16.
The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem is...
a)
Rhythm
b)
Rhyme
c)
Imagery
17.
A group of lines in a poem are...
a)
Form
b)
Stanza
c)
Verse
18.
A repetition of the same/similar sounds at the ends of lines are...
a)
Stanza
b)
Rhythm
c)
Rhyme
19.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
20.

Another word for a verse is a

a)

stanza

b)

line

c)

meter

d)

mood

21.

How many stanzas are in this poem?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

How many lines/verses are in each stanza?2

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

23.

Which of the following are examples of rhyme?

a)

pat, scratch

b)

blocks, locks

c)

fridge, fry

24.

The writer of a poem is called...

a)

author

b)

illustrator

c)

poet

25.

Choose the stanza below that contains repetition.

a)

One sister for sale!

One sister for sale!

One crying and spying young sister for sale!

I'm really not kidding.

So who'll start the bidding?

b)

Sunday dinner isn't sunny

Easter feasts are just bad luck

When you see it from the viewpoint

Of a chicken or a duck.

c)

The baby bat

Screamed out in fright,

"Turn on the dark,

I'm afraid of the light."

26.
The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem is...
a)
Rhythm
b)
Rhyme
c)
Imagery
27.
A group of lines in a poem are...
a)
Form
b)
Stanza
c)
Verse
28.
Language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind is...
a)
Imagery
b)
Theme
c)
Rhyme
29.
As I was reading a poem I was picturing it in my mind because it had so much ___.
a)
Imagery
b)
Rhy
c)
Mood/tone
30.
In the sentence: I saw a cat eating a rat, cat and rat ___.
a)
verse
b)
mood/tone
c)
rhyme
31.
What are the "paragraphs" of poems?
a)
sections
b)
stanzas
c)
paragraphs
d)
forms
32.
Stanzas are made up of _____________.
a)
lines
b)
other stanzas
c)
figurative language
d)
rhymes
33.
Does a poem have to contain rhyme to be a poem?
a)
Yes
b)
No
34.

Limericks are usually of _______ lines.

a)

six

b)

five

35.

what did the young lady of Russia do?

a)

screamed

b)

jumped

36.

1. What is a limerick?

a)

Poem

b)

Essay

c)

Short story

37.

3. What is the style of a limerick?

a)

Happy

b)

Humorous

c)

Sad

38.

4. What 3 lines have to rhyme in a limerick?

a)

1st, 2nd and 3rd lines

b)

1st, 2nd and 4th lines

c)

1st, 2nd and 5th lines

39.

6. What word rhymes with Spain?

a)

Sun-

b)

Rain

c)

Paint

40.

7. What word can we use to finish this limerick?

a)

sun

b)

again

c)

umbrella

41.

8. Which choice is a Limerick Poem?

a)

There was an Old Man of Nantucket

Who kept all his cash in a bucket.

His daughter, called Nan,

Ran away with a man,

And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

b)

That at the last, and in short time, I spide,

Under a rocke, where she alas, opprest,

Fell to the ground, and there untimely dide.

Cruell death vanquishing so noble beautie

Oft makes me wayle so hard a desire.

c)

Light do I see within my Lady’s eyes

And loving spirits in its plenisphere

Which bear in strange delight on my heart’s care

Till Joy’s awakened from that sepulchre.

42.
What is a limerick?
a)
14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas
b)
Seventeen syllables in 3 lines
c)
Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape
d)
A funny poem that is 5 lines long
43.
What part of a Limerick poem describes or introduces the main character?
a)
first line
b)
last line
c)
3rd line
d)
2nd line
44.

What is a stanza?

a)

a line of poetry

b)

a group of lines in poetry, a verse

c)

a song lyric

d)

the repetition of a word

45.

A narrative poem...

a)

follows a specific rhyme scheme

b)

has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second and 5 in the last

c)

is short

d)

tells a story

46.

What is form in poetry?

a)

the structure or pattern of the poem

b)

the repetition of a vowel sound

c)

the emotions expressed in a poem

d)

a line of poetry

47.

Poetry is a major type of literature.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Poems are often divided into lines and stanzas.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Stanzas are like paragraphs in a poem.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

a)

True

b)

False

51.

Why do poets use imagery?

a)

they like taking pictures

b)

they want to write shape poetry

c)

to create a picture in your mind

d)

poets do not use imagery

52.

What structure is poetry written in?

a)

sentences and paragraphs

b)

lines and paragraphs

c)

sentences and stanzas

d)

lines and stanzas

53.

The recurring use of a sound, word, phrase, or line.

a)

rhyme

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

repetition

54.

Poems may have a regular _________________, which is the repetition of similar sounds

a)

Meter

b)

Rhyme

c)

Alliteration

d)

Graphic Elements

55.

Which one is an example of repetition?

a)

"Wow! Wow wow wow wow wow!"

b)

"whisp, meow, swish"

c)

"I'll put my name on it."

d)

"Caution! Children at play!"

56.

How many stanzas are in the following poem? -


The Pasture

BY ROBERT FROST


I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;

I'll only stop to rake the leaves away

(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):

I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.


I'm going out to fetch the little calf

That's standing by the mother. It's so young,

It totters when she licks it with her tongue.

I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

57.

How many lines are in the following poem? -


The Pasture

BY ROBERT FROST


I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;

I'll only stop to rake the leaves away

(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):

I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.


I'm going out to fetch the little calf

That's standing by the mother. It's so young,

It totters when she licks it with her tongue.

I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.

a)

Four

b)

Sixteen

c)

Twelve

d)

Eight

58.

What is a narrative poem?

a)

A poem in the shape of what it's about

b)

A poem that includes repetition

c)

A poem that includes animals

d)

A poem that tells a story

59.

What are rhyming words?

a)

Words that end with the same sound

b)

Words that start with the same letter

c)

Words that are repeated

d)

Words that show a picture in your mind

60.

Which is an example of rhyming words?

a)

Cat and Tiger

b)

Night and Bright

c)

Light and Dark

d)

Up and Down