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WorksheetsPoetic Structure and Devices
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
2.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The order/pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
a)
Internal rhyme
b)
Meter
c)
Alphabetical Order
d)
Rhyme Scheme
4.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
5.
A poem's rhyme, rhythm, stanzas, and meter refer to its______.
a)
Stanza
b)
Set-up
c)
Structure
d)
Sentences
6.
a poem that does not have rhyme and does not have meter; has no restrictions
a)
limerick
b)
quatrain
c)
stanza
d)
free verse
7.
a phrase or line of poetry that is repeated throughout a poem to create a special effect
a)
meter
b)
rhyme
c)
refrain
d)
rhyme scheme
8.
A quatrain is a group of how many lines?
a)
8
b)
5
c)
4
d)
14
9.
A couplet is a group of how many lines?
a)
2
b)
1
c)
4
d)
12
10.
An emotional feeling or the atmosphere the writer creates in or for the READER
a)
tone
b)
mood
c)
hyperbole
d)
symbolism
11.
A reference to an important event, person, or object with which the writer believes the reader will know in order to elicit a response from the reader
a)
allusion
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
form
12.
When an author repeats a word or phrase to add emphasis or power
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
repetition
d)
alliteration
13.
Descriptive language that appeals to the reader's five senses and helps create mental images
a)
imagery
b)
hyperbole
c)
litote
d)
hyperbole
14.
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
15.
Comparison between two subjects that does NOT use like or as
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
diction
d)
syntax
16.
Giving human characeristics to something that is not human
a)
imagery
b)
speaker
c)
symbolism
d)
personification
17.
Comparison between two subjects that uses LIKE or AS
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
consonance
d)
simile
18.
Exaggeration (ex: I am so hungry I could eat a horse.)
a)
litote
b)
hyperbole
c)
consonance
d)
assonance
19.
A group of lines; similar to a PARAGRAPH in prose
a)
structure
b)
syntax
c)
stanza
d)
diction
20.
The attitude the writer has toward the theme or topic of a text
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
symbolism
d)
structure
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