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poetry review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of poem: a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization

a)

Sonnet

b)

Free verse

c)

Ode

d)

Haiku

2.

What type of poem: A lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form that expresses an exalted or enthusiastic emotion.

a)

Sonnet

b)

Free verse

c)

Ode

d)

Haiku

3.

What type of poem: a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person

a)

Sonnet

b)

Free verse

c)

Lyric Poem

d)

Epic poem

4.

what type of poem: It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.

a)

Sonnet

b)

Ode

c)

Lyrical

d)

Free Verse

5.

Which poet have we not discussed?

a)

Virgina Wolf

b)

Dylan Thomas

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Maya Angelou

6.

How many syllables are in the line: I went to the store

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

7.

What does the S stand for in S.W.I.F.T.T

a)

Student

b)

Speaker

c)

Stance

d)

Style

8.

What type of figurative language: After Thanksgiving dinner, the entire family sprawled on the floor like a pod of beached whales.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

9.

What type of figurative language: Life is a cherished possession, death is an inevitable loss

a)

Personficaiton

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

None

10.

What type of figurative language: My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

a)

Simile

b)

Personficaiton

c)

Metaphor

d)

None

11.

Who is this a photo of?

a)

Robert Frost

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Edgar Allen Poe

d)

Shakespeare

12.

Who is this a photo of?

a)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

b)

Emily Dickinson

c)

Sylvia Plath

d)

Virgina Wolf

13.

What is this an example of: The mouse went squeak as it ran across the room

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personfication

d)

Simile

14.

How many syllables is the sentence: This summer I am playing soccer everyday.

a)

12

b)

11

c)

9

d)

7

15.

What drink did we read a poem about?

a)

Coffee

b)

Water

c)

Soda

d)

Kool Aid

16.

These lines:" When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold," are what type of poetry?

(a)  

17.

What animal did Elizabeth Acevedo talk about in her spoken word poetry?

a)

Bunny

b)

Dog

c)

Rat

d)

Horse