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Poetry Terms Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you tell someone what you want, what you really, really want is...

a)

Suggest

b)

Beg

c)

Advocate

d)

Demand

2.

when a nonliving thing is given human traits

a)

figurative language

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

3.

When an ANIMAL is given human traits:

a)

anthropomorphic

b)

hyperbole

c)

animalia

d)

personification

4.

"Her words were sharp like the winter wind" is an example of: (2 answers)

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

all are correct

5.

Narrative poems don't tell a story.

a)

False

b)

True

6.

a word that is also a sound

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

7.

Which one these is NOT an idiom?

a)

Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers

b)

She ran as fast as the wind

c)

it's all downhill from there

d)

it was raining cats and dogs

8.

"I ran like the wind to catch the bus" is an example of:

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

rhyme

9.

A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (like lines and stanzas).

a)

short story

b)

poetry

c)

prose

d)

drama

10.

The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem.

a)

revolution

b)

repetition

c)

rhyme

d)

rhythm

11.

Poetry expresses (a)   when you write about feelings (sadness, anger, humor, etc.)

12.

Poems do not have to rhyme.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

direct comparison of unlike things not using like or as

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

idiom

d)

stanza

14.

expression that doesn't make sense in a literal way, yet language users understand its meaning

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

rhyme

15.

"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?

a)

concrete

b)

acrostic

c)

cinquain

d)

limerick

16.

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.

a)

acerbic

b)

aerobic

c)

acrostic

d)

narrative

17.

A Japanese poem written in three lines, usually about nature is called a:

a)

Limerick

b)

Haiku

c)

Haithere

d)

Cinquain

18.

A poem that tells a story is called a:

a)

haiku

b)

plot

c)

narrative

d)

limerick

19.

Writing that uses sensory words (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch) help form a picture in the reader's head--this is known as:

a)

immoral

b)

impossible

c)

imagination

d)

imagery

20.

Eagles=United States

cross=Christianity

red roses=love

lions=power and strength

These are all examples of:

a)

allusions

b)

stuff and things

c)

symbolism

d)

patriotism