Worksheets8th Grade Poetry Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Define Metaphor
A comparison using Like or As
When two things are similar in meaning
Comparing two things without using like or as
A peice of evidence that means something else
Define Personification
The author of the poem
The character that is the protagonist of the poem
When a person is the main character of a poem
When human characteristics are given to un-human things
Define Assonance
The order in which the poem is read
also referred to as “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry
The end of a poem
When a poem rhymes
Define Consonance
The way in which each line of a poem is formatted. Mainly focusing on the consonant sound
A collection of stars
correspondence or recurrence of consonant sounds especially in words specifically
A constant word the author of the poem uses
Define Internal Rhyme
When the rhyming only happens inside a poem
a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next
Rhyme that occurs in the middle of a poem
When you can not understand the meaning of a poem
Define End Rhyme
used throughout the poem, at the ends the lines of poetry, to create a rhyming pattern or rhyme scheme
When the rhyming happens at the beginning of a line of poetry
When the poem only rhymes at the end
When a poem is over after it ryhmes
How many stanzas are in the followin poem...
The rose is a rose,And was always a rose.
But the theory now goesThat the apple’s a rose,
And the pear is, and so’sThe plum, I suppose.
The dear only knowsWhat will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose –But were always a rose.
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Define Rhythmn
a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
A beat
When someone claps the words of a poem
A dance you do while reading poetry
Define Rhyme Scheme
The way a poem rhymes when you read it
The alphabet
ABCDEFG
the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.
What purpose does the SPEAKER serve in a poem?
Reading the poem out loud
The person or character who communicates the words of the poem
The person who wrote the poem
The author of the poem
What is the Rhyme Scheme of the following poem?
I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
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AABBCC
ABCDEF
AABBAA
Define Denotation
Notations that are visible in a text
The literal or dictionary definition of a word
The ending of a poem
The definition of specific words in a poem
What type of poem is the following poem?
There once was a girl named May,
Who crossed paths with a skunk one day.
She washed with strong soap,
But there isn’t much hope
That the smell will soon go away.
Limerick
Ballad
Sonnet
Free Verse
How do you know a poem is a Narrative poem?
It has 14 lines
It has no rhyme scheme
It tells a story
It talks about a person's life
Define Imagery
A picture that has a poem on it
An image connected to a poem
Descriptions that appeal to the five senses. This device helps poets convey what they hear, see, smell, taste, or touch.
The way in which the author tells a story only using pictures
