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Poetry

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 31mins

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1.

Which line is an example of alliteration?

a)

The cat had a snack and laid down for a nap

b)

It is raining cats and dogs.

c)

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

2.

What is alliteration?

a)

The repetition of letter sounds at the beginning of closely connected words

b)

A comparison using "like" or "as"

c)

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

3.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

a)

My heart is a stereo

b)

She was as loud as a hyena.

c)

He runs as fast as a cheetah.

d)

The snow is like a white blanket.

4.

What is meter in poetry?

a)

Meter in poetry refers to the length of a poem

b)
Meter in poetry is the rhythmic structure of a verse.
c)

Meter in poetry refers to the amount of vowel sounds in the poem.

5.

What is the term for a comparison using "like" or "as"?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

6.

A figure of speech used for comparison, usually by saying one thing *is* another is called a…

(a)  

7.

What line is an example of a simile?

a)

Time is money.

b)

I am an open book.

c)

He was as quiet as a mouse

d)

He is a walking dictionary.

8.

Lines are grouped together into...

a)

Paragraphs

b)

Stanzas

c)

Chunks

d)

Cliques

9.

Read this excerpt. Which element does it contain?

Who knows why the cold wind blows?

Or where it goes or what it knows?

It only flows in passionate throes

Until it finally slows and settles in repose.

-Kelly Roper

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Simile

d)

Consonance

10.

"sunken and sad, he was uncertain and rustling" is an example of...

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

11.

"On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze" is an example of ...

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

rhyme

d)

stanza

12.

What is a fancy word for word choice?

a)

Sound

b)

Scansion

c)

Diction

13.

The action of annotating a poem is also known as...

a)

Scansion

b)

Replaying

c)

Poiesis

14.

the attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman is called…

a)

Meter

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

15.

What letter grade are you going to get on this test?📝

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