WorksheetsPoetry
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
"Poetry is the human soul entire/ squeezed like a lemon or a lime, "
Whose definition of poetry are these lines?
Charles Ghigna
Langston Hughes
Noishi Koriyama
Tom Zart
Which imagery completes this line from Jose Garcia Villa's, Sonnet:
"First a poem must be magical,/ Then musical as a __________?
seagull
bell
bird
band
Which among these poetry belongs to a different type?
sonnet
ode
epic
elegy
Which is NOT one of the elements of poetry?
sound
sensibility
structure
sense
What figure of speech is used in these lines from Charles Ghigna:
"What's a Poem?/ A whisper,/ a shout,/ thoughts turned/ inside out"
simile
metaphor
personification
allusion
What sound device is used in these lines from Tom Zart's A Good Poem,
"A good poem paints a picture."
assonance
consonance
alliteration
onomatopoeia
"No busy hand provoke a tear." What figure of speech is used in this line from Freneau's, The Wild Honeysuckle?
allusion
metonymy
synechdoche
hyperbole
Which is an example of a paradox?
I have to be cruel to be kind.
How nice of you to insult me?
Life is much too important to be taken seriously.
They promise freedom and provided slavery.
Which line is an example of an iambic poetic foot?
and bake it in the oven of your heart
(Koriyama, A Loaf of Poetry)
a moment caught in time
(Ghigna, What's a Poem?)
For both your heart and brain
(Zart, A Good Poem)
First, a poem must be magical
(Villa, Sonnet)
Which line is an example of visual imagery?
A good poem like a cardinal/ Is pregnant with song
(Zart, A Good Poem)
It makes us want to love someone/ Till death comes knocking at our door.
(Zart, A Good Poem)
A moon,/ a star,/ a glimpse/ of who you are.
(Ghigna, What's a Poem)
You mix/ the dough/ of experience/ with/ the yeast/ of inspiration
(Koriyama, A Loaf of Poetry)
Which creative writing strategy involves rewriting a particular poem from another angle such as using a different persona or historical period?
fractured poems
genre-transfer
poetry workshop
poetry slam
Which question focuses on the diction of the poem?
What ambiguities in the poem allow for multiple interpretations?
What emotions do the images suggest?
What functions do pauses perform in the sound pattern?
How would you describe the author's choice of words?
In the video, Top 5 Tips for Poetry Performance, what does 'scoring' a poem entail?
observing the line break for a pause
marking the text to highlight juicy words and ideas for gestures
keeping high energy and having fun
keeping it simple and using natural facial expressions and movement
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?
e.e. cummings
Pablo Neruda
Kahlil Gibran
Basho
Write at least four lines of a poem you remember by heart.
