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Worksheets3rd Grade Types of Poems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
In what country did haiku originate?
a)
USA
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
India
2.
What is a common theme in haiku?
a)
Nature
b)
War
c)
Heartbreak
d)
Friendship
3.
What is the structure of syllables in the lines of a haiku?
a)
3 - 5 - 3
b)
5 - 7 - 5
c)
9 - 7 - 9
d)
1 - 3 - 1
4.
Which of these was NOT an example of possible subjects for a haiku?
a)
rain
b)
housecoat
c)
winter
d)
frog
5.
1.“There was an old man from Peru
2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
3.He awoke in a fright
4.In the middle of the night
5.And found it was perfectly true.”
2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
3.He awoke in a fright
4.In the middle of the night
5.And found it was perfectly true.”
a)
couplet
b)
haiku
c)
limerick
d)
cinquain
6.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What is a limerick?
a)
14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas
b)
Seventeen syllables in 3 lines
c)
Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape
d)
A funny poem that is 5 lines long
8.
What rhyme scheme does a limerick poem have?
a)
ABBAA
b)
AABBA
c)
ACAABA
d)
ABBBAB
9.
This is a traditional Japanese 3 line poem with a pattern of syllables counting 5, 7, 5. It often has to do with nature.
a)
Cinquain
b)
Onomatopeia
c)
Haiku
d)
Alliteration
10.
What's an example of rhyme?
a)
Cat, scratch
b)
spicy, salt
c)
crunch, munch
d)
rice crispy
11.
Free verse poetry has no
a)
structure or rhyme
b)
humor
c)
words
d)
lines
12.
The writer of a poem is called...
a)
poet
b)
illustrator
c)
author
d)
smart person
13.
What kind of poem is pictured?
(a)
14.
a)
haiku
b)
limerick
c)
free verse
d)
rhyme verse
15.
a)
haiku
b)
limerick
c)
free verse
d)
rhyme verse
16.
a)
rhyme verse
b)
free verse
c)
haiku
d)
limerick
17.
a)
free verse
b)
rhyme verse
c)
haiku
d)
limerick
18.
a)
haiku
b)
limerick
c)
free verse
d)
rhyme verse
19.
a)
haiku
b)
limerick
c)
free verse
d)
rhyme verse
20.
a)
limerick
b)
free verse
c)
haiku
d)
rhyme verse
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