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POETRY QUIZ

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the feeling that a poem creates for the reader? It can be positive or negative.

a)

MOOD

b)

SIMILE

c)

METAPHOR

d)

IMAGERY

2.

What describes something as larger or wildly different than it actually is?

a)

SIMILE

b)

METAPHOR

c)

PERSONIFICATION

d)

EXAGGERATION

3.

What is a group of lines called in poetry that give poems structure?

a)

LINES

b)

MOOD

c)

STANZA

d)

RHYTHM

4.

What are two lines of poetry called?

a)

OCTET

b)

TURCET

c)

COUPLET

d)

OCTAVE

5.

What is language that appeals to the senses in poetry? It creates pictures in the head.

a)

IMAGERY

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

IDIOM

d)

SYMBOL

6.

What are words that sound like the noises that they make? (e.g., BANG!)

Tone

a)

TONE

b)

ONOMATOPOEIA

c)

METAPHOR

d)

WHOOSH

7.

What is the "attitude" a writer takes toward the subject or audience of a poem?

a)

TONE

b)

SCHEME

c)

RHYME

d)

SYMBOL

8.

What type of speech gives human qualities to animals, objects and ideas? (e.g., the spider smiled)

a)

FREEVERSE

b)

TONE

c)

HYPERBOLE

d)

PERSONIFICATION

9.

What is poetry written without any rhyme, rhythm or form? It sounds natural like everyday conversation

a)

FREEVERSE

b)

ALLITERATION

c)

IMAGERY

d)

RHYME

10.

It is the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry.

a)

ALLITERATION

b)

IDIOM

c)

RHYMING

d)

FREEVERSE