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Poetry Toolbox Terms/ The Witch Test Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"I cannot go to school today,’

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

‘I have the measles and the mumps,

a gash, a rash, and purple bumps."

This is an example of...

a)

internal rhyme

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

end rhyme

d)

allitaration

2.

End rhyme is best described as

a)

rhyme on the same line

b)

rhyme on two or more lines

c)

the same word repeated throughout the poem

d)

rhyme at the beginning of a word

3.

What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud

6  He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out

7  He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now

8  The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow

9  Snap back to reality, ope there goes gravity

These lines are an example of

a)

end rhyme

b)

alliteration

c)

repetition

d)

internal rhyme

4.

Internal rhyme is best described as

a)

a rhyme on two or more lines

b)

a rhyme on the same line

c)

the repetition of a sound throughout the poem

d)

the same sound at the start of two or more words

5.

Bang! Thump! Shatter! Cackle! Buzz! Crashed! are all examples of

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

tone

d)

rhyme scheme

6.

Onomatopoeia is best described

a)

as the sound at the beginning of a word that is repeated throughout a stanza

b)

as a rhyme within the poem

c)

as the repetition of the sound

d)

as a sound device spelled similarly to the sound

7.

Hickory dickory dock. A

The mouse ran up the clock. A

The clock struck one, B

And down he run. B

Hickory dickory dock. A

a)

This is best described as onomatopoeia

b)

This is best described as repetition

c)

This is best described as a rhyme scheme/pattern

d)

This is best described as end rhyme

8.

A rhyme scheme...

a)

uses letters to identify new and similar rhymes in a poem to collect its pattern

b)

focuses on one sound paired throughout the poem

c)

counts the beats to determine the rhythm

d)

can be found in ALL poems

9.

Which is the point of view?

As nightfall came she thought she’d better

get home. The prince walked her home

and she disappeared into the pigeon house

and although the prince took an axe and broke

it open she was gone. Back to her cinders.

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person

10.

Which word indicates a point of view?

As nightfall came she thought she’d better

get home. The prince walked her home

and she disappeared into the pigeon house

and although the prince took an axe and broke

it open she was gone. Back to her cinders.

a)

she/her

b)

you

c)

I/mine

11.

Which is the tone of this poem?

Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.

a)

serious

b)

demanding

c)

informative

d)

silly

12.

Tone is best described as

a)

the voice and attitude of the speaker

b)

how the speaker feels

c)

the repetition of an idea

d)

the way a word sounds

13.

Whisper words of wisdom - The Beatles

My mind makes marvelous moves, masses

Marvel and move, many mock what I've mastered - Alphabet Aerobics

a)

All three of these have onomatopoeia

b)

All three of these have alliteration

c)

All three of these have repetition

d)

All three of these have the same tone

14.

Alliteration is best described as

a)

the attitude of the speaker

b)

a word being written as it sounds

c)

a word being repeated over and over

d)

a hard sound at the beginning of a word repeated throughout a line or stanza

15.

A simile is best described as

a)

the repetition of a hard sound at the start of two or more words

b)

a comparison

c)

a comparison using like or as

d)

a word spelled lie it sounds

16.

What is being compared?

O my Luve is like a red, red rose  

That’s newly sprung in June;

O my Luve is like the melody  

That’s sweetly played in tune.

(choose 2)

a)

my Luve and a red, red rose

b)

spring and June

c)

my Luve and a melody

d)

melody and a tune

17.

What is this an example of?

I'm a riddle in nine syllables,An elephant, a ponderous house,A melon strolling on two tendrils.O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.Money's new-minted in this fat purse.I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.I've eaten a bag of green apples,Boarded the train there's no getting off

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

repetition

d)

metaphor

18.

Which of these is ?a comparison

a)

irony

b)

imagery

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

19.

Imagery/Sensory Language...

a)

includes all five senses

b)

helps form a picture

c)

includes tone of voice

d)

is enhanced with only sound devices

20.

dessicated means

a)

consecrated

b)

dried out

c)

fluid

d)

interesting

21.

The following text contains an imagery example of:

A single sea bird flapped upwards with a hoarse cry presently, and some thing squawked in the forest. Now streaks of cloud near the horizon began to, and the feathery tops of palms were green."

a)

touch

b)

sound

c)

smell

d)

taste

22.

Which sense is the imagery appealing to in the following lines?

I have eaten

the plums

that were in

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold

a)

sight

b)

taste

c)

sound

d)

touch