WorksheetsPoetry Quiz!!!
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins
Darn dogs dancing.
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
The chirping crickets filled the empty night air
Metaphor
Imagery
Simile
Personification
The grass grew green in the graveyard
Consonance
Alliteration
Assonance
Metaphor
Despite their mother’s warnings, the children chose to chew with their mouths open
Consonance
Assonance
Alliteration
Metaphor
What makes a poem a poem?
It has musical qualities
It uses condensed language
It features intense feelings
It rhymes
How can you add musical qualities to your poem?
Use rhyme, repetition, and rhythm
Use alliteration and anaphora
Use metaphors and similes
Use imagery, apostrophe, and hyperbole
How can writers add intense feelings to their poetry?
Use rhyme, alliteration, and hyperbole
Use metaphors, similes, and symbolism
Use imagery, hyperbole, and oxymoron
Use metonymy, similes, and imagery
What is an enjambed line in poetry?
A line that ends with a punctuation mark
A line that is short and concise
A line that is written in all capital letters
A line that does not end with a punctuation mark and continues onto the next line
Explain the purpose of enjambment in poetry.
Enjambment is used to create a sense of flow and movement in poetry.
Enjambment is used to create a sense of stillness and stagnation in poetry.
Enjambment is used to create a sense of confusion and disorientation in poetry.
Enjambment is used to create a sense of abruptness and interruption in poetry.
Identify the enjambed line in the following poem: 'I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;'
I wandered lonely as a cloud
A host, of golden daffodils;
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd
A _______ is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line
Stanza
Line Break
Line
Rhyme
In general, the repetition of the syllables at the end of a line of verse or poetry. (Words that have the same sound when spoken.)
Rhyme Scheme
Stanza
Line
Rhyme
Poems that do not have a rhyme scheme
Non-rhyming Poetry
Rhymeless Poetry
Free Verse/Blank Verse Poetry
Poetry Sans Rhymes
When determining the rhyme scheme of a poem or song, we generally use ___________ to indicate the rhyme scheme.
Rhymes
Letters
Numbers
Roman Numerals
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? ("Dreams" by Langston Hughes)
Hold fast to dreams/
For if dreams die/
Life is a broken-winged bird/
That cannot fly./
ABAB
AABB
ABAC
ABCB
What is the rhyme scheme of "What are Heavy" by Christina Rossetti?
What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow/
What are brief? Today and tomorrow/
What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth/
What are deep? The ocean and truth.
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