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8th Grade Poetry Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define Metaphor

a)

A comparison using Like or As

b)

When two things are similar in meaning

c)

Comparing two things without using like or as

d)

A peice of evidence that means something else

2.

Define Personification

a)

The author of the poem

b)

The character that is the protagonist of the poem

c)

When a person is the main character of a poem

d)

When human characteristics are given to un-human things

3.

Define Assonance

a)

The order in which the poem is read

b)

also referred to as “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry

c)

The end of a poem

d)

When a poem rhymes

4.

Define Consonance

a)

The way in which each line of a poem is formatted. Mainly focusing on the consonant sound

b)

A collection of stars

c)

correspondence or recurrence of consonant sounds especially in words specifically

d)

A constant word the author of the poem uses

5.

Define Internal Rhyme

a)

When the rhyming only happens inside a poem

b)

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

c)

Rhyme that occurs in the middle of a poem

d)

When you can not understand the meaning of a poem

6.

Define End Rhyme

a)

used throughout the poem, at the ends the lines of poetry, to create a rhyming pattern or rhyme scheme

b)

When the rhyming happens at the beginning of a line of poetry

c)

When the poem only rhymes at the end

d)

When a poem is over after it ryhmes

7.

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.

a)

1

b)

5

c)

2

d)

3

8.

Define Rhythmn

a)

a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

b)

A beat

c)

When someone claps the words of a poem

d)

A dance you do while reading poetry

9.

Define Rhyme Scheme

a)

The way a poem rhymes when you read it

b)

The alphabet

c)

ABCDEFG

d)

the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.

10.

What purpose does the SPEAKER serve in a poem?

a)

Reading the poem out loud

b)

The person or character who communicates the words of the poem

c)

The person who wrote the poem

d)

The author of the poem

11.

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!

a)

ABABAB

b)

AABBCC

c)

ABCDEF

d)

AABBAA

12.

Define Denotation

a)

Notations that are visible in a text

b)

The literal or dictionary definition of a word

c)

The ending of a poem

d)

The definition of specific words in a poem

13.

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.

a)

Limerick

b)

Ballad

c)

Sonnet

d)

Free Verse

14.

How do you know a poem is a Narrative poem?

a)

It has 14 lines

b)

It has no rhyme scheme

c)

It tells a story

d)

It talks about a person's life

15.

Define Imagery

a)

A picture that has a poem on it

b)

An image connected to a poem

c)

Descriptions that appeal to the five senses. This device helps poets convey what they hear, see, smell, taste, or touch.

d)

The way in which the author tells a story only using pictures