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Poetry Term Review for Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author's use of imagery and word choice.

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Voice

2.

The structure and organization of a poem.

a)

form

b)

stanza

c)

rhyme

d)

allusion

3.

Having to do with the sense of hearing

a)

gustatory

b)

auditory

c)

tactile

d)

olfactory

4.

The life lesson that can be learned from the poem; the overall message.

a)

topic

b)

theme

c)

mood

d)

tone

5.

relating to the sense of taste

a)

tactile

b)

gustatory

c)

auditory

d)

olfactory

6.

having to do with sight or seeing

a)

auditory

b)

gustatory

c)

visual

d)

allusion

7.

Repeating a word, phrase, line, or stanza multiple times within the poem.

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

repetition

d)

rhyme scheme

8.

relating to the sense of touch

a)

auditory

b)

tactile

c)

visual

d)

olfactory

9.

relating to the sense of smell

a)

olfactory

b)

tactile

c)

auditory

d)

gustatory

10.

The general subject of the poem. Written in a complete sentence; answers the questions: Who? What? When? Where? How? Why?

a)

theme

b)

topic

c)

mood

d)

tone

11.

A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)

a)

poetry

b)

nonfiction text

c)

allusion

d)

alliteration

12.

What senosry detail is represented in the following sentence?

The streets glistened like shiny ornaments after the rain.

a)

hearing

b)

touch

c)

smell

d)

sight

13.

Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?

The television buzzed as it shut off, and the furnace sighed one last time before the house fell silent.

a)

sight

b)

touch

c)

sound

d)

smell

14.

Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?

The cinnamon-scented candle reminded of the Big Red gum my father chewed.

a)

smell

b)

sight

c)

sound

d)

touch

15.

Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?

The prickly feathers of the boa stuck my neck

a)

touch

b)

smell

c)

sight

d)

sound

16.

Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?

The juicy tartness of the orange caused my lips to pucker.

a)

smell

b)

touch

c)

taste

d)

sound