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Poetry Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
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1.

Tone is

a)

How the reader feels about the subject matter

b)

The use of repetitive consonant vowels

c)

How the author feels about the subject matter

d)

The use of sensory images to evoke a picture in one's mind

2.

Mood is

a)

The way the reader feels about the subject matter

b)

A type of emotion

c)

The way the author feels about a subject matter

d)

The use of sensry images to evoke an image in one's mind

3.

Imagery is

a)

A drawn picture that accompanies a poem.

b)

The use of sensory imagery to create a picture in one's mind

c)

How the author feels about the subject matter

d)

How the reader feels about the subject matter

4.

What is allusion?

a)

How to the author feels about the subject matter

b)

How the reader feels about the subject matter

c)

A reference to another literary text in a piece of literature

d)

The repetition of first consonant sound

5.

The use of an author's words is formally referred to as

a)

prose

b)

word choice

c)

diction

d)

letters

6.

A metaphor is

a)

a comparison using like/as

b)

a comparison without like/as

c)

a deep thought

d)

author's word choice

7.

A simile is

a)

a comparison using like/as

b)

a comparison without using like/as

c)

a deep thought

d)

author's word choice

8.

What is the Rhyme Scheme of this excerpt from "The Raven?"

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—

    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—

            

a)

ABCDEF

b)

ABCBB

c)

ABCDC

d)

ABCDE

9.

What do you call a poem that has no clear rhyme scheme?

a)

Near Rhyme

b)

Free

Verse

c)

Freedom

Verse

d)

No

Rhyme

10.

Is this a simile?

Success is counted sweetest

By those who ne'er succeed.

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

Is this a metaphor?

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.

Is this an example of imagery?

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -

And sore must be the storm -

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm -

a)

Yes

b)

No

13.

Is this an example of imagery?

The Eyes around - had wrung them dry -

And Breaths were gathering firm

For that last Onset - when the King

Be witnessed - in the Room -

a)

Yes

b)

No

14.

Annotation requires

a)

Personal notes about the subject matter

b)

Identification of figurative language

c)

Identification of unknown words

d)

All of the above

15.

An active verb

a)

Has the subject of the sentence receiving the action

b)

Has the subject of the sentence doing the action

c)

Involves a physical motion

d)

Starts with the letter "a"

16.

The five senses are

a)

Sight, sound, touch, taste and hearing

b)

Sound, sight, touch, vibe, smell

c)

Sound, sight, eating, touch and taste

d)

Sight, sound, touch, taste and smell

17.

When you don't know a word's definition, you should

a)

Look it up

b)

Use context clues to gather meaning

c)

Talk to a peer

d)

All of the above