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Poetry Quiz Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the structure of a haiku?

a)

5:7:5

b)

7:5:7

c)

7:7:7

d)

5:5:7

2.

What type of figurative language is the quote below?

"Sheep should shower in a shed"

a)

Assonance

b)

Constance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Rhyme Scheme

3.

What is the difference between tone and mood?

a)

The author's emotions while writing the text

b)

The author's attitude vs. the reader's emotions

c)

What the reader thinks the text should sound like

d)

How the author wrote the text

4.

A 14-line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme is called a (a)  

5.

What's an example of a rhyme scheme?

a)

ABAB

b)

ABBA

c)

AAAB

d)

ABBB

6.

Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven" is an example of what type of poem?

a)

Persona

b)

Sonnet

c)

Haiku

d)

Narrative

7.

What's a couplet?

a)

A type of rhyme scheme where every single line rhymes

b)

Two lines that don't rhyme, but create an image for the poem.

c)

Two lines in the same meter that rhyme.

d)

Two lines in a different meter that rhyme

8.

A poem has to be structured and follow a specific rhyme scheme to qualify as a poem.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The central idea, topic, or point of a piece of literature is called...

a)

The main idea

b)

The theme

c)

The tone

d)

The moral

10.

What's the difference between diction and denotation?

a)

Diction is the definition of a word, while denotation is how a word is used in the text

b)

There is no difference, they're used interchangeably.

c)

Denotation is the definition of a word, while diction is how a word is used in the text

d)

Denotation refers to well-known phrases and diction is how that well-known phrase is used.

11.

What's the difference between Assonance and Constance?

a)

The starting letters

b)

The syllables

c)

Vowels vs. Constants

d)

How they rhyme

12.

What's an example of imagery?

a)

"It was over there"

b)

"He ran."

c)

"What's going on?"

d)

"The white frost creeped up on the window"

13.

All poems require figurative language.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What's the difference between the speaker and the poet?

a)

The poet is the main character while the speaker is a side character.

b)

The speaker is the author while the poet is the character telling the story.

c)

The poet is the author while the speaker is the character telling and experiencing the story.

d)

The poet is unimportant and the speaker is the person who matters in the story.

15.

Which answer choice describes a persona poem the best?

a)

A poem written through an assumed voice

b)

A poem written by a poet's online persona

c)

A historical fiction poem

d)

A poem written by someone from the past