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WorksheetsPoetic Elements REVIEW
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
Poetry is a type of a (a) that expresses (b) and (c)
All of the following are TYPES of poetry EXCEPT:
Narrative
Lyrical
Free Verse
Argument
True or False: Lines of poetry can be complete or incomplete. They do NOT have to be full sentences.
True
False
Groups of lines in a poem (kind of like paragraphs) are called:
imagery
paragraphs
stanzas
purpose
Rhyme, Rhythm, meter, alliteration and onomatopoeia are examples of:
imagery
figurative language
sound devices
The POET is:
author/writer
the voice/narrator
how the speaker sees the world/perspective
attitude towards the subject/topic
The SPEAKER of the poem is:
the author/writer
the voice/narrator
how the speaker sees the world/perspective
attitude towards the subject/topic
The POINT OF VIEW of the poem is:
the author/writer
the voice/narrator
how the speaker sees the world/perspective
attitude towards the subject/topic
The TONE of the poem is:
the author/writer
the voice/narrator
how the speaker sees the world/perspective
the speaker's attitude towards the subject/topic
The THEME of a poem is:
the type of poem
the message about life
The length of the poem
The rhyme scheme of the poem
A stanza with TWO lines
couplet
tercet
Haiku
Limerick
A stanza with THREE lines
couplet
tercet
quatrain
cinquain
A stanza with FOUR lines
couplet
tercet
quatraine
cinquain
Where a poet chooses to STOP a line and START a new one:
Lineation
End-Stop
Enjambment
Alliteration
When a poet ENDS a line WITH PUNCTUATION.
Lineation
End-Stop
Enjambment
Alliteration
When a line DOES NOT END with PUNCTUATION:
Lineation
End-Stop
Enjambment
Alliteration
Which line uses END STOP:
I am out
with lanterns
looking for myself.
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
None
Which line(s) use ENJAMBMENT:
I am out
with lanterns
looking for myself.
Lines 1 and 2
Lines 1 and 3
Line 3
None
Where should you PAUSE when reading this stanza?
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell one's name, the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
After "somebody!"
After "frog"
After "day"
Nowhere/no pauses
How many LINES are in this stanza?
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell one's name, the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
4
8
1
5
What TYPE of STANZA?
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell one's name, the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
couplet
tercet
quatrain
limerick
