Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Poetry

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Poetry is the human soul entire/ squeezed like a lemon or a lime, "

Whose definition of poetry are these lines?

a)

Charles Ghigna

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Noishi Koriyama

d)

Tom Zart

2.

Which imagery completes this line from Jose Garcia Villa's, Sonnet:

"First a poem must be magical,/ Then musical as a __________?

a)

seagull

b)

bell

c)

bird

d)

band

3.

Which among these poetry belongs to a different type?

a)

sonnet

b)

ode

c)

epic

d)

elegy

4.

Which is NOT one of the elements of poetry?

a)

sound

b)

sensibility

c)

structure

d)

sense

5.

What figure of speech is used in these lines from Charles Ghigna:

"What's a Poem?/ A whisper,/ a shout,/ thoughts turned/ inside out"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

allusion

6.

What sound device is used in these lines from Tom Zart's A Good Poem,

"A good poem paints a picture."

a)

assonance

b)

consonance

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

7.

"No busy hand provoke a tear." What figure of speech is used in this line from Freneau's, The Wild Honeysuckle?

a)

allusion

b)

metonymy

c)

synechdoche

d)

hyperbole

8.

Which is an example of a paradox?

a)

I have to be cruel to be kind.

b)

How nice of you to insult me?

c)

Life is much too important to be taken seriously.

d)

They promise freedom and provided slavery.

9.

Which line is an example of an iambic poetic foot?

a)

and bake it in the oven of your heart

(Koriyama, A Loaf of Poetry)

b)

a moment caught in time

(Ghigna, What's a Poem?)

c)

For both your heart and brain

(Zart, A Good Poem)

d)

First, a poem must be magical

(Villa, Sonnet)

10.

Which line is an example of visual imagery?

a)

A good poem like a cardinal/ Is pregnant with song

(Zart, A Good Poem)

b)

It makes us want to love someone/ Till death comes knocking at our door.

(Zart, A Good Poem)

c)

A moon,/ a star,/ a glimpse/ of who you are.

(Ghigna, What's a Poem)

d)

You mix/ the dough/ of experience/ with/ the yeast/ of inspiration

(Koriyama, A Loaf of Poetry)

11.

Which creative writing strategy involves rewriting a particular poem from another angle such as using a different persona or historical period?

a)

fractured poems

b)

genre-transfer

c)

poetry workshop

d)

poetry slam

12.

Which question focuses on the diction of the poem?

a)

What ambiguities in the poem allow for multiple interpretations?

b)

What emotions do the images suggest?

c)

What functions do pauses perform in the sound pattern?

d)

How would you describe the author's choice of words?

13.

In the video, Top 5 Tips for Poetry Performance, what does 'scoring' a poem entail?

a)

observing the line break for a pause

b)

marking the text to highlight juicy words and ideas for gestures

c)

keeping high energy and having fun

d)

keeping it simple and using natural facial expressions and movement

14.

In Melissa Kovak's video, 'What makes a poem, a poem,' she refers to a number of poets. Who among the poets below is NOT mentioned?

a)

e.e. cummings

b)

Pablo Neruda

c)

Kahlil Gibran

d)

Basho

15.

Write at least four lines of a poem you remember by heart.

4 lines