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Poetry Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A Japanese poem about nature.

a)

Limerick

b)

Haiku

c)

Concrete

d)

Five Ws

2.

Poem that is set up with 5, 7, 5 syllables.

a)

Prose

b)

Free Verse

c)

Lymerick

d)

Haiku

3.

Four line stanza poem.

a)

Couplet

b)

Quatrain

c)

Stanza

d)

Octet

4.

Who wrote the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"?

a)

Robert Frost

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Edgar Allen Poe

d)

Marianne Moore

5.

Poetry written in no special form; doesn't require rhyme or rhythm.

a)

Cinquain

b)

Haiku

c)

Free Verse

d)

Limerick

6.

Rhyme scheme for the Quatrain "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"?

a)

a b c b

b)

a b a b

c)

a b c d

d)

a a a b

7.

Division of lines in a poem.

a)

Couplet

b)

Quatrain

c)

Stanza

d)

Terse Verse

8.

Funny list poem using ABCs.

a)

Terse Verse

b)

Alphabet

c)

Name Poem

d)

Title Down

9.

Repeating vowel sounds.

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Meter

d)

Alliteration

10.

Words whose sound makes you think of its meaning.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Spider

c)

Name

d)

Onomatopoeia

11.

Two word poem that rhymes.

a)

Stanza

b)

Terse Verse

c)

Couplet

d)

Cinquain

12.

Also known as "The Reporter's Poem".

a)

5 W's

b)

Concrete

c)

Alliteration

d)

Alphabet

13.

Repeating consonant sounds.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

Concrete

14.

Two line verse expressing one thought.

a)

Couple

b)

Couplet

c)

Duo

d)

Two

15.

Five lines using either words or syllables.

a)

Cinquain

b)

Haiku

c)

Concrete

d)

Couplet

16.

Repeating beginning consonant sounds.

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Alphabet

d)

Alliteration

17.

Poem using your name.

a)

I Am

b)

You Are

c)

Name

d)

Who?

18.

Basic rhythmic structure of a line of a poem.

a)

Rhythm

b)

Rhyme

c)

Meter

d)

Yard

19.

The shape gives meaning.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Concrete

c)

Haiku

d)

Couplet

20.

Rhyme scheme of a limerick.

a)

A B B A A

b)

A B C B A

c)

A A B A A

d)

A A B B A

21.

Marianne Moore defined poetry as, Imaginary ____ with real toads.

a)

Woods

b)

Flowers

c)

Gardens

d)

Ponds

22.

What two things do most traditional poems require?

a)

Ups and Downs

b)

Feeling and Rhyme

c)

Rhythm

d)

Rhyme and Rhythm

23.

Letters spell the subject of the poem to begin each line.

a)

Haiku

b)

Title Down

c)

5 W's

d)

Concrete

24.

What is the one word title of the free verse poem where the victim was killed by a Kleenex?

a)

Spider

b)

Bug

c)

Ant

d)

Booger

25.

Prose or Poetry?

Stanza

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

26.

Prose or Poetry?

Lines/Fragments

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

27.

Prose or Poetry?

Everyday written language

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

28.

Prose or Poetry?

Paragraphs

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

29.

Prose or Poetry?

Complete sentences

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

30.

Prose or Poetry?

Creative rhythmic language

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose