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Lyric Poetry Pre-assessment

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does a lyric poem express?

a)

personal thoughts and feelings

b)

a narration of an event

c)

a dialogue between characters in a poem

d)

all of the above

2.

A lyric poem is a _____ poem in which a single speaker expresses her personal thoughts and feelings.

a)

happy

b)

extensive

c)

long

d)

short

3.

In ancient times, lyric poems were meant to be _____.

a)

read

b)

sung

c)

narrated

d)

imagined

4.

From which musical instrument was the term "lyric" derived?

a)

Lute

b)

Lyre

c)

Laud

d)

Laure

5.

Lyric poems have some elements in common with songs. Which is NOT a common element between them?

a)

rhythm and melody

b)

creative word choice

c)

famous singer

d)

single, unified impression

6.

What makes a lyric poetry different from the other forms of poetry?

a)

It has a single character which is the speaker who expresses his thoughts.

b)

It narrates a story.

c)

It signifies dialogues between characters

d)

It is created for drama.

7.

Which element of poetry is best created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?

a)

meter

b)

rhyme

c)

figurative language

d)

verse

8.

It is a pair of rhymed lines.

a)

couplet

b)

quatrain

c)

octave

d)

sonnet

9.

It is a one stanza poem that has 14 lines with specific rhyme scheme.

a)

haiku

b)

couplets

c)

ode

d)

sonnet

10.

Which of the following could be considered a lyric poem?

a)

an essay

b)

song lyrics

c)

drama script

d)

fable