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Reading Study Guide Poetry 7th grade

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Poetry has many forms. The form of the poem is determined by ------ and------. Please choose two answers for this question.

a)

Purpose

b)

form

c)

characteristics

d)

Lyric

2.

The features of the poem that contribute to the form is ----

a)

Purpose

b)

Characteristics

c)

Lyric

d)

Subject & Theme

3.

Words that sound the same

a)

Lines& Stanzas

b)

Rhyme

c)

Tone

d)

Rhythm

4.

The topic or message of the poem

a)

Tone

b)

Subject & Theme

c)

Lines & Stanzas

d)

Purpose

5.

The poet's attitude toward the subject

a)

Rhyme

b)

Characteristics

c)

Lines & Stanzas

d)

Tone

6.

The stress and unstressed syllables, measured in meter

a)

Tone

b)

Rhyme

c)

Rhythm

d)

Lines & Stanzas

7.

The number of lines and groups of lines in the poem

a)

Tone

b)

Lines & Stanzas

c)

Subject & Theme

d)

Lyric

8.

The goal of the poem: the reason it's written

a)

Rhyme

b)

Purpose

c)

Tone

d)

Lyric

9.

A short poem in which the poet, the poet's persona, or another speaker expresses personal feelings. The subject and Theme: Varies

a)

Lyric

b)

Forms

c)

Ode

d)

Poetry

10.

The ----Purpose to celebrate single object or idea. Subject & Theme: can be about any subject.

a)

Elegy

b)

Haiku

c)

Ode

d)

Sonnet

11.

Purpose: a short poem that originated in Japan. Usually expresses something about nature

a)

Sonnet

b)

Elegy

c)

Haiku

d)

Concrete

12.

Purpose: to memorialize (to remember a person who has passed) or to reflect on a subject. Subject & Theme: death of a person or a serious subject like was

a)

Concrete

b)

Sonnet

c)

Haiku

d)

Elegy

13.

Purpose: A 14 line poem that follows a particular rhyme scheme. Purpose varies. The subject & Theme: varies but often about love

a)

Elegy

b)

Sonnet

c)

Concret

d)

Ballad/Narrative

14.

Purpose: To connect the idea of the poem with the visual appearance of the poem. Subject & Theme: varies

a)

Ode

b)

Ballad/Narrative

c)

Concrete

d)

Lyric

15.

Purpose: often a song used to tell tragic, heroic, or comical story. The subject &Theme: varies

a)

Ballad/Narrative

b)

Concrete

c)

Sonnet

d)

Ode

16.

Description that talks about the 5 senses ( smell, touch, sight, sound & taste)

a)

Purpose

b)

Forms

c)

Techniques in Poetry

d)

Imagery

17.

What does the poet use to help tell the story?

a)

Literally devices

b)

figurative

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

meter

18.

Figurative language: Words or phrases that have a ----- rather than a ----- meaning. Choose 2 answer.

a)

figurative

b)

rhyme

c)

literal

d)

repetition

19.

Alliteration:-----beginning sounds

a)

Literary Device

b)

same

c)

constant sounds

d)

human like qualities

20.

Consonance: Repetition of -------

a)

Extreme exaggeration

b)

same beginning sounds

c)

human like qualities

d)

constant sounds

21.

Personification: giving inanimate objects------

a)

Human like qualities

b)

constant sounds

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

Tone

22.

What is a Hyperbole?

a)

Literary Devices

b)

Extreme Exaggeration

c)

Human like qualities

d)

rhyme scheme

23.

------ is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Allusion

d)

Consonance

24.

A poem that does not have a formal structure-----

a)

free verse

b)

open form

c)

meter

d)

stanza

25.

rhythm in poetry; regular arrangement of accented and unaccented syllables in each line

a)

meter

b)

open form

c)

free verse

d)

repetition

e)

stanza

26.

a poem that does not have rhythm, rhyme, or set line length

a)

meter

b)

stanza

c)

free verse

d)

repetition

e)

open form

27.

repeating of something

a)

stanza

b)

open form

c)

repetition

d)

meter

e)

free verse

28.

a verse or set of lines in a poem

a)

repetition

b)

stanza

c)

free verse

d)

meter

e)

open form

29.

What helps contribute to the light tone of the poem?

a)

word choice and meter(Rhythm)

b)

Literally devices

c)

a refrain and story elements

30.

What does the poet use to help tell the story?

a)

word choice and meter (Rhythm)

b)

a refrain and story elements

c)

Literally devices

31.

What elements of the poem work together to create a " whole poem?"

a)

word choice and meter (Rhythm)

b)

Literally devices

c)

a refrain and story elements

32.

The words that a poet--or any writer--chooses to use is -----

a)

the way people speak today

b)

on purpose

c)

context clues

d)

it impends comprehension

33.

One strategy readers use to define unknown words is to use----

a)

the way people speak today

b)

rhyme scheme

c)

on purpose

d)

context clues

34.

Not knowing a word can affect reading because---

a)

on purpose

b)

It impends comprehension

c)

the way people speak today

d)

context clues

35.

Today the language of poets is similar to

a)

Poetic elements

b)

context clues

c)

on purpose

d)

the way people speak today

36.

Poetic elements are

a)

what kind of poem it is

b)

strong images, weird word combinations, and unusual metaphors.

c)

features common to poetry over the centuries

d)

rhyme at the end of lines

e)

meter or a rhythm to the words

37.

One common poetic element is

a)

features common to poetry over the centuries

b)

what kind of poem it is

c)

strong images, weird word combinations, and unusual metaphors

d)

rhyme at the end of lines

e)

meter or a rhythm to the words

38.

Many older poem is what?

a)

rhyme at the end of lines

b)

appeal to the sense of hearing

c)

theme, tone, or mood

d)

what kind of poem it is

e)

features common to poetry over the centuries

39.

Poets creatieve

a)

theme, tone, or mood

b)

strong images, weird word combinations, and unusual metaphors

c)

rhyme at the end of lines

d)

features common to poetry over the centuries

40.

Rhyme scheme, meter, and number of lines tell?

a)

appeal to the sense of hearing

b)

features common to poetry over the centuries

c)

meter or a rhythm to the words

d)

what kind of poem it is

41.

All the elements of a poem help to express a particular

a)

what kind of poem it is

b)

helps the reader visualize and comprehend better

c)

theme, tone or mood

d)

appeal to the sense of hearing

42.

Figurative language in poetry can?

a)

theme, tone, or mood

b)

meter or a rhythm to the words

c)

appeal to the sense of hearing

d)

helps the reader visualize and comprehend better

43.

Sound in poetry can be used to ?

a)

appeal to the sense of hearing

b)

helps the reader visualize and comprehend better

c)

Onomatopoeia, alliterations, repetition, rhyme, and rhythm

d)

what kind if poem it is

44.

Example of sounds in poetry are?

a)

Onomatopoeia, alliteration, repetition, rhyme, and rhythm

b)

theme, tone, or mood

c)

what kind of poem it is

d)

rhyme at the end of lines

45.

Poetic structure helps express the

a)

a dog

b)

poetic structure

c)

tell the structure of a poem

d)

theme, tone, or mood

e)

different kinds of poem

46.

Stanzas, line breaks, and rhyme schemes make up?

a)

poetic structure

b)

poetic forms

c)

structure

d)

theme, tone, or mood

47.

Line and rhyme clues might

a)

poetic structure

b)

different kinds of poem

c)

tell the form of the poem

d)

theme, tone, or mood

48.

The form might?

a)

tell the structure of a poem

b)

tell the form of the poem

c)

different kinds of poem

d)

poetic structure

49.

Haikus, limerick, and free verse are

a)

poetic forms

b)

tell the structure of a poem

c)

different kinds of poem

d)

poetic structure

50.

Every word, line break, and use of punctuation in a poem expresses?

a)

different kinds of poem

b)

theme, tone, or mood

c)

free verse

d)

poetic forms

e)

structure

51.

Well known poetic structures are called?

a)

structure

b)

theme, tone, or mood

c)

poetic structure

d)

poetic forms

e)

free verse

52.

Some forms of poetry are?

a)

tell the structure of a poem

b)

Haikus, limerick, and free verse

c)

poetic forms

d)

structure

53.

A poem about a dog might look like?

a)

a cat

b)

a dog

c)

a rat

d)

a bat

54.

Poems without consistent meter, rhyme, or stanza length are?

a)

free verse

b)

structure

c)

poetic forms

d)

tell the structure of a poem

e)

meter or a rhythm to the words