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Poetry

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

says one thing and means the other

a)

Figurative Language

b)

assonance

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

2.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

a)

Onomonepia

b)

Lyric Poem

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repetition

3.

the use of words that imitate the noise made

a)

Moo

b)

Onomonepia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

4.

Two or more words that sound the same

a)

Metaphor

b)

Stanzas

c)

Rhyme

d)

Figurative language

5.

Two consecutive lines that Rhyme

a)

Simile

b)

Haiku

c)

Lyric poem

d)

Couplets

6.

Repetition of vowel sounds

a)

Assonance

b)

Simile

c)

Couplets

d)

Onomonepia

7.

Compares two unalike things not using like or as

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

8.

Helps poets add natural pauses by breaking up a poem into individual parts.

a)

Rhyme Scheme

b)

Epic poem

c)

Lines

d)

Stanzas

9.

'I do, I do, I do" is an example of _____________.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Repetition

c)

Haiku

d)

Alliteration

10.

"The windows clapped" This is an example of ________________.

a)

Rhyme

b)

Alliteration

c)

Repetition

d)

Personification

11.

The arrangement of groups of lines to organize thoughts

a)

Rhyme

b)

Lines

c)

Stanzas

d)

Haiku

12.

"Toby was as hungry as a horse" This is an example of __________.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Free verse

d)

Personification

13.

Expresses thoughts and feeling of a single speaker.

a)

Haiku

b)

Rhyme

c)

Lyric Poem

d)

Elegies

14.

Tells a story in verse using setting, plot, & characters.

a)

free verse

b)

Stanzas

c)

Narrative Poem

15.

short unrhymed poems often about nature that follow a five syllable, seven syllable, five syllable pattern.

a)

Elegies

b)

Haiku

c)

Sonnet

d)

limerick

16.

No rules are given to this type of poetry

a)

Limerick

b)

Free verse

c)

Haiku

d)

Simile

17.

Formal poems that reflect on death or other serious themes.

a)

Elegies

b)

Sonnet

c)

Metaphor

d)

Epic

18.

Fourteen line poem that praises & follows a specific rhyme scheme.

a)

Limerick

b)

Stanzas

c)

Elegies

d)

Sonnet

19.

Five line humorous poem that follows an aabba rhyme scheme

a)

Sonnet

b)

Simile

c)

Limerick

d)

Haiku

20.

written for the single purpose of celebrating or honoring a person, object, or idea.

a)

Epic

b)

Concretes

c)

Ode

d)

Elegies

21.

Long narrative poem that tells an exciting story about a hero.

a)

Ballots

b)

Epic

c)

Ode

d)

Haiku

22.

The words are arranged on the page to form a shape of the topic in the poem.

a)

Ode

b)

Haiku

c)

Limerick

d)

Concrete

23.

A song like poem that tells a story, often dealing with adventure, tragedy, or romance.

a)

Ode

b)

Lyric Poem

c)

Ballots

d)

Elegies