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Fiction/Poetry Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a space is a (this is like the paragraph of poetry)...
a)
stanza
b)
refrain
c)
ballad
d)
chorus
2.
Two words that have the same ending sound are called...
a)
rhythm words
b)
repetitive words
c)
rhyming words
d)
stanza words
3.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
4.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The writer of a poem is called...
a)
poet
b)
illustrator
c)
author
d)
smart person
6.

What can describe Poetry?

a)

A form of art using paint.

b)

A form of art using words.

c)

A story that entertains the reader.

d)

Paragraphs of difficult text.

7.
The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line.
a)
repetition
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
simile
8.
Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.
a)
rhyme
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
9.
The main idea of a poem. What the author wants you to learn
a)
free verse
b)
cinquain
c)
theme
d)
metaphor
10.
My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of...
a)
cleverness
b)
alliteration
c)
a rude comment
d)
personification
11.
Imagery is language that creates a picture.
a)
True
b)
False
12.

Line Breaks -

a)

occur at the end

b)

occur in the beginning of a line

c)

break up all the stanzas

d)

are lines that are short

13.
A comparison between two things that share a common characteristic, does not use the words "like" or "as."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
14.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

A comparison using "like" or "as".

b)

A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

c)

An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

d)

an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

15.
What is personification?
a)
A word that is a sound
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
16.

What is an Onomatopoeia?

a)

When two words are put together that contradict one another.

b)

Naming a thing or action by imitating the sound associated with it.

c)

Big exaggeration

17.

What does it mean to visualize when you read?

a)

to state the cause and effect

b)

to create a picture in your mind as you read

c)

to make predictions as you read

d)

to summarize what you read in your own words

18.

The overall message or lesson of a story is called

a)

theme

b)

main idea

c)

supporting details

d)

connections

19.

The reason an author writes something is called the...

a)

author's imaginaton

b)

author's background

c)

author's purpose

d)

author's predictions

20.

Part of a passage is called a ...

a)

passage

b)

section

c)

story

d)

statement

21.
What do you include in a summary of a nonfiction passage?
a)
Everything
b)
All the facts
c)
The title
d)
What is important
22.
Read the poem below and answer the question that follows.
Homecoming

Crowds cheering

I know I'm hearing, 
a score nearing.

Soon there will be a dance

I may just even prance
If I get a chance. 
How many stanzas and lines are in this poem?
a)
6 stanzas, 2 lines
b)
3 stanzas, 7 lines
c)
2 stanzas, 6 lines
d)
7 stanzas, 3 lines
23.
The events that make up a story
a)
result
b)
prefix
c)
plot
d)
fact
24.
Dialogue = A conversation between two people
a)
True
b)
False 
25.
A word part that can be added at the beginning of a word to make a new word.
a)
sequence
b)
summary
c)
prefix
d)
main idea
26.
A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact. 
a)
similarity
b)
fiction
c)
genre
d)
theme
27.
the problem in the story
a)
conflict
b)
genre
c)
suggests
d)
infer
28.

I can use this tool to look up the definitions of unfamiliar words in the text.

a)

Dictionary

b)

Highlighter

c)

Eliminator

d)

Zoom

29.
To infer is to
a)
just make any guess
b)
prove an answer with experience and text.
c)
guessing based on personal experience
30.
A word or phrase that has a similar meaning to another word or phrase is a(an)____________________________. 
a)
antonym
b)
synonym
c)
verb
d)
noun