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" The Art of Poetry" Comprehension

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the genre of this selection?

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Poetry

c)

Drama

d)

Historical Fiction

2.

How does the poet build the poem “Quiet Water”?

a)

He explains how a waterfall is formed over time.

b)

He explains how the water is like other things in nature.

c)

He talks about his own experiences on and off the water.

d)

He talks about the water when it is both calm and moving.

3.

What do we call a group of lines of poetry?

a)

Sentences

b)

Lines

c)

Stanza

d)

Title

4.

"balloon" page 366

Who is the speaker in this poem?

a)

a teacher

b)

a group of friends

c)

a kid

d)

the balloon

5.

"The Arrow Song" page 367

What does the arrow carry?

a)

wind

b)

air

c)

song

6.

What is the common THEME in the following three poems: Necessary Gardens, Alphabet Soup and Big Word Girl?

a)

nutrition

b)

screen time

c)

arithmetic

d)

literacy

7.

"Capitals cause quite a stir" is an example of what sound element?

a)

onomatopeia

b)

rhyme scheme

c)

refrain

d)

alliteration

8.

"Someone Ate the Baby" is a repeated phrase within the poem itself. This is an example of what sound element?

a)

alliteration

b)

refrain

c)

onomatopeia

d)

rhyme scheme

9.

The poem Balloon is a shape poem also known as a ___ poem.

a)

concrete

b)

sidewalk

c)

acrostic

d)

reverse

10.

In the poem Quiet Water, what two things are being compared in the following simile: "the water is as still as a mirror"

a)

water and still

b)

still and mirror

c)

water and as the

d)

water and mirror