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Poetic Elements REVIEW

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Poetry is a type of a ​ (a)   that expresses ​ (b)   and ​ (c)  

Choose from the below words
writing
thoughts
emotions
2.

All of the following are TYPES of poetry EXCEPT:

a)

Narrative

b)

Lyrical

c)

Free Verse

d)

Argument

3.

True or False: Lines of poetry can be complete or incomplete. They do NOT have to be full sentences.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Groups of lines in a poem (kind of like paragraphs) are called:

a)

imagery

b)

paragraphs

c)

stanzas

d)

purpose

5.

Rhyme, Rhythm, meter, alliteration and onomatopoeia are examples of:

a)

imagery

b)

figurative language

c)

sound devices

6.

The POET is:

a)

author/writer

b)

the voice/narrator

c)

how the speaker sees the world/perspective

d)

attitude towards the subject/topic

7.

The SPEAKER of the poem is:

a)

the author/writer

b)

the voice/narrator

c)

how the speaker sees the world/perspective

d)

attitude towards the subject/topic

8.

The POINT OF VIEW of the poem is:

a)

the author/writer

b)

the voice/narrator

c)

how the speaker sees the world/perspective

d)

attitude towards the subject/topic

9.

The TONE of the poem is:

a)

the author/writer

b)

the voice/narrator

c)

how the speaker sees the world/perspective

d)

the speaker's attitude towards the subject/topic

10.

The THEME of a poem is:

a)

the type of poem

b)

the message about life

c)

The length of the poem

d)

The rhyme scheme of the poem

11.

A stanza with TWO lines

a)

couplet

b)

tercet

c)

Haiku

d)

Limerick

12.

A stanza with THREE lines

a)

couplet

b)

tercet

c)

quatrain

d)

cinquain

13.

A stanza with FOUR lines

a)

couplet

b)

tercet

c)

quatraine

d)

cinquain

14.

Where a poet chooses to STOP a line and START a new one:

a)

Lineation

b)

End-Stop

c)

Enjambment

d)

Alliteration

15.

When a poet ENDS a line WITH PUNCTUATION.

a)

Lineation

b)

End-Stop

c)

Enjambment

d)

Alliteration

16.

When a line DOES NOT END with PUNCTUATION:

a)

Lineation

b)

End-Stop

c)

Enjambment

d)

Alliteration

17.

Which line uses END STOP:

I am out

with lanterns

looking for myself.

a)

Line 1

b)

Line 2

c)

Line 3

d)

None

18.

Which line(s) use ENJAMBMENT:

I am out

with lanterns

looking for myself.

a)

Lines 1 and 2

b)

Lines 1 and 3

c)

Line 3

d)

None

19.

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!

a)

After "somebody!"

b)

After "frog"

c)

After "day"

d)

Nowhere/no pauses

20.

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!

a)

4

b)

8

c)

1

d)

5

21.

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!

a)

couplet

b)

tercet

c)

quatrain

d)

limerick