WorksheetsPoetry Terms Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
When you tell someone what you want, what you really, really want is...
Suggest
Beg
Advocate
Demand
when a nonliving thing is given human traits
figurative language
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
When an ANIMAL is given human traits:
anthropomorphic
hyperbole
animalia
personification
"Her words were sharp like the winter wind" is an example of: (2 answers)
metaphor
simile
alliteration
all are correct
Narrative poems don't tell a story.
False
True
a word that is also a sound
onomatopoeia
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
Which one these is NOT an idiom?
Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers
She ran as fast as the wind
it's all downhill from there
it was raining cats and dogs
"I ran like the wind to catch the bus" is an example of:
personification
metaphor
simile
rhyme
A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (like lines and stanzas).
short story
poetry
prose
drama
The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem.
revolution
repetition
rhyme
rhythm
Poetry expresses (a) when you write about feelings (sadness, anger, humor, etc.)
Poems do not have to rhyme.
True
False
direct comparison of unlike things not using like or as
metaphor
simile
idiom
stanza
expression that doesn't make sense in a literal way, yet language users understand its meaning
alliteration
metaphor
idiom
rhyme
"There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"
is an example of what kind of poem?
concrete
acrostic
cinquain
limerick
F is for the fun we had together
R is for the relaxing time we shared together
I is for the interesting moments we had
E is for the entertaining time we spent
N is for the never-ending friendship that we'll have
D is for the days we'll never forget
This is called a(n)____________poem.
acerbic
aerobic
acrostic
narrative
A Japanese poem written in three lines, usually about nature is called a:
Limerick
Haiku
Haithere
Cinquain
A poem that tells a story is called a:
haiku
plot
narrative
limerick
Writing that uses sensory words (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch) help form a picture in the reader's head--this is known as:
immoral
impossible
imagination
imagery
Eagles=United States
cross=Christianity
red roses=love
lions=power and strength
These are all examples of:
allusions
stuff and things
symbolism
patriotism
