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Poetry

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
the beat of a poem
a)
rhyme
b)
rhythm
c)
line
d)
alliteration
2.
One line of words.
a)
Line
b)
Line Break
c)
Stanza
d)
Rhythm
3.
When a word or phrase is repeated in a poem. 
a)
Alliteration
b)
Repetition
c)
Stanza
d)
Rhythm
4.
When the words start with the same letter.
a)
Line
b)
Alliteration
c)
Stanza
d)
Rhythm
5.
When the author uses words to paint a picture in your head.
a)
Imagery
b)
Alliteration
c)
Stanza
d)
Rhythm
6.

How many lines are in this poem?

a)

10

b)

4

c)

8

d)

9

7.

How many stanzas are in this poem?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

8

d)

10

8.

What is the rhyme scheme this poem?

a)

ABBA

b)

AABB

c)

ABAB

d)

ABCB

e)

ABCA

9.

What type of figurative language is being used in Line 3 "Life is a broken-winged bird"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

10.

What type of figurative language is being used in Line 2 "For if dreams die"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

11.

If we had to cite evidence from the 4th line of this poem, how would the citation be written?

a)

(Langston Hughes)

b)

(Hughes)

c)

(Langston, Line 4)

d)

(Hughes, Line 4)

e)

(Langston Hughes, Line 4)

12.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

a)

ABCB

b)

ABBA

c)

ABCA

d)

ABAB

13.

What is the message/lesson this poem teaches?

a)

Sometimes you can work hard and it won't be enough.

b)

Always try your best, because you will never regret it.

c)

Work hard only on things that you like to do.

d)

Help others as much as you can to become your best.

14.

What is the rhyme scheme of the FIRST STANZA of this poem?

a)

ABCB

b)

ABAB

c)

ABBA

d)

AABB

15.

What type of figurative language is being used with the line "Boom crash crunch crunch"?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

16.

What is the purpose of this poem? Why did the author write it?

a)

To describe the scene of a beach that is experiencing bad weather

b)

To teach others to be careful during a storm

c)

To tell a story about his childhood vacation to the beach

d)

To explain how to have a successful vacation to the beach

17.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

a)

ABAC

b)

ABAB

c)

ABBA

d)

ABCB

18.

What type of figurative language is being used in line 3?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

19.

Writing that uses rhythm, emotions, descriptions, or imagery is called...

a)

poetry

b)

nonfiction

c)

fairy tales

d)

opinion

20.

The writer of a poem is called...

a)

speaker

b)

narrator

c)

author

d)

poet

21.

Poems have to rhyme (true or false?)

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

Choose the word that forms an alliteration with the sentence below..

Elephants enjoy eating _______

a)

anything

b)

eggs

c)

peanuts

d)

leaves

23.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a Metaphor?

a)

My little sister is an angel.

b)

My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.

c)

The lake is a mirror, showing my reflection.

d)

Life is a roller coaster with many ups and downs.

24.
What is a group of lines called that form a verse?
a)
Line
b)
Stanza
c)
Paragraph
d)
Meter
25.

What are words that imitate sounds?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

synonym

d)

simile

26.

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

end-stopped

d)

personification

27.
The narrator of a poem is called the ____________.
a)
Speaker
b)
Narrator
c)
Talker
d)
Poet
28.

What are the red letters an example of?

The people along the sand (A)

All turn and look one way. (B)

They turn their back on the land. (A)

They look at the sea all day. (B)

As long as it takes to pass (C)

A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)

The wetter ground like glass (D)

Reflects a standing gull. (D)

a)

Rhythm

b)

Rhyme

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Alliteration

29.
When an author uses an object or event to represent something deeper or beyond teh actual meaning of the object itself
a)
imagery
b)
allusion 
c)
syntax
d)
symbolism
30.
the feeling the reader gets from a poem
a)
stanza
b)
tone
c)
mood
d)
metaphor
31.

Poetry that does not have a set rhyming pattern.

a)

patterned

b)

free verse

c)

rhymed

d)

humorous

32.

The message or moral of the story

a)

theme

b)

main idea

c)

summary

d)

plot

33.

The order/pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

a)

internal rhyme

b)

meter

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

plot

34.

How many lines does a quatrain have?

4 lines
35.

What does the proverb "beggars can't be choosers" mean?

4 lines
36.

What does the idiom "under the weather" mean?

4 lines
37.

How many lines does a haiku have?

4 lines
38.

How many syllables should line 2 of a haiku have?

4 lines
39.

What acronym can you use to analyze poetry?

4 lines
40.

What does the O stand for in the acronym used to analyze poetry?

4 lines