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WorksheetsPoetry Elements Week 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Free verse poetry does not have...
a)
stanzas
b)
plot or conflict
c)
rhyme or rhythm
d)
serious topic
2.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
3.
Two words that have the same ending sound are called...
a)
rhythm words
b)
repetitive words
c)
rhyming words
d)
stanza words
4.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
5.
The name of funny or silly poems is...
a)
free verse poems
b)
lyrical poems
c)
narrative poems
d)
humorous poems
6.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The writer of a poem is called...
a)
poet
b)
illustrator
c)
author
d)
smart person
8.
Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
a)
haiku
b)
cinquain
c)
free verse
d)
limerick
9.
To describe by comparing two things using “like” or “as”.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
10.
My grandmother was as beautiful as a Texas sunrise is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
rhyme
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
11.
Poetry is...
a)
writing that is musical and artistic in nature
b)
writing that expresses feelings
c)
a style of writing with few rules
d)
all of the above
12.
Most poetry is arranged in lines. Lines are
a)
grouping of words only when used in a complete sentence
b)
student responses
c)
groupings of words in a row
d)
challenging to explain
13.
The rhyme scheme is the
a)
units of stressed syllables at the end of the lines
b)
nonrhyming stanzas at the end of the lines
c)
measures of stressed and unstressed syllables at the end of the lines
d)
pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines
14.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
15.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
16.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
17.
Which is an example of rhyme?
a)
We love school. School is cool.
b)
My hat is red. My hat is blue.
c)
Singing loud as a siren.
18.
Stanzas are made up of _____________.
a)
lines
b)
other stanzas
c)
figurative language
d)
rhymes
19.
What do similes and metaphors have in common?
a)
They are examples of form.
b)
They don't have anything in common.
c)
They both use "like" or "as".
d)
They both compare two things.
20.
A poem MUST use punctuation.
a)
True
b)
False
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