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Poetry

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many syllables are in a haiku?

a)

13 (5-3-5)

b)

17 (5-7-5)

c)

19 (7-7-5)

d)

21 (7-7-7)

2.

Haikus rhyme

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Haikus are often about nature.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Matsuo was famous for writing:

a)

Haikus

b)

Quatrains

c)

Limericks

d)

Tankas

5.

How many lines are in a quatrain?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

6.

If a poem has the following structure: ABAB, what should both A lines do?

a)

They should have the same meter.

b)

They should start with the same word.

c)

They should be five syllables.

d)

They should rhyme.

7.

How many lines does a Limerick have?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

8.

The rhyme pattern for a Limerick is:

a)

ABAB

b)

AABB

c)

AABBCC

d)

AABBA

9.

Which of the following poems is usually meant to be funny?

a)

Haiku

b)

Quatrain

c)

Limerick

d)

Tanka

10.

Quatrains usually rhyme.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Limericks usually rhyme

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which line is the longest in a haiku?

a)

Line 1

b)

Line 2

c)

Line 3

d)

The Lunch Line

13.

How many lines does a haiku have?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

14.

Which type of poem starts off just like a haiku?

a)

A haiku

b)

Quatrain

c)

Limerick

d)

Tanka

15.

Murasaki wrote what type of poems?

a)

Haikus

b)

Quatrains

c)

Limericks

d)

Tankas

16.

A poem that doesn't follow a particular rhythm or rhyme pattern is called:

a)

Tanka

b)

Limerick

c)

Free Verse

d)

Haiku

17.

Limericks and tankas both have:

a)

Rhymes

b)

Five lines

c)

17 syllables

d)

Synonyms

18.

Which of these don't have to rhyme?

a)

Haikus

b)

Tankas

c)

Free verse

d)

All of the above

19.

Quatrains and limericks both:

a)

Have 17 syllables

b)

Rhyme

c)

have long words in them.

d)

make my head hurt

20.

Find the rhyme: cat

a)

cap

b)

cake

c)

fat

d)

coat

21.

Find the rhyme: make

a)

take

b)

mock

c)

drip

d)

dry

22.

Find the rhyme: trip

a)

fall

b)

ship

c)

stop

d)

truck

23.

Find the rhyme: get

a)

goat

b)

coat

c)

pet

d)

sweet

24.

Find the rhyme: charge

a)

change

b)

strange

c)

chain

d)

barge

25.

What is a slant rhyme?

a)

An uneven rhyme

b)

Two words that kind of rhyme like "made" and "fate."

c)

A two syllable rhyme

d)

Words that don't rhyme.