WorksheetsELEMENTS OF POETRY
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
The person who writes poems is ____
an author
the speaker
the poet
the narrator
We study poetry because it
helps us to see things anew
it creates countless images
it makes the world a better place
it is good to know them
A (a) in a poem is the equivalent of a paragraph in a story.
What is an octave?
What do you call a stanza of four lines?
A couplet
A sestet
A tercet
A quatrain
Which one is NOT a type of poem?
Limerick
Tragedy
Sonnet
Ballad
All of the following are elements of poetry EXCEPT?
Poet
Title
Speaker
Mood
The voice we hear in the poem is the (a)
___ describes how the speaker's voice sounds.
attitude
auditory imagery
mood
tone
How would you describe the tone of the child in the poem "Little Boy Crying"? (Use no more than three words)
The emotional response the reader has when he/ she reads a poem is
sadness
attitude
mood
tactile imagery
The word choice in a poem is known as ____
figures of speech
diction
figurative languages
imagery
There are two types of rhyme in a poem; end of line and internal
True
False
The pattern that rhyme creates in a poem is called the (a)
Identify the rhyme pattern in the poem above.
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AABBB
AABBA
ABABA
ABABB
The pace and beat in a poem is called the (a)
When the poet uses language that appeals to the reader's senses, he uses _____
dialogue
diction
figurative devices
imagery
Which of the following is NOT a 'sound device'?
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Repitition
Mr. James is a strong ox.
The sentence above is an example of _____
simile
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
The title is NOT an element of poetry.
True
False
