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WorksheetsEOC Poetry Terms
Total questions: 122
Worksheet time: 2hrs 1mins
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Class
Date
1.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
2.
Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.
a)
Sound
b)
Sight
c)
Taste
d)
Touch
3.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
4.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
6.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
7.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
8.
In poetry, what is "meter" ?
a)
Words that sound the same
b)
Sophisticated vocabulary
c)
The pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables
d)
The length of a poem
9.
What is a "refrain" ?
a)
The last line of a poem
b)
The first line of a poem
c)
A line that is repeated
d)
A line that rhymes
10.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
11.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
12.
What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
13.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
14.
What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
15.
What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
a)
Refrain
b)
Rhyme
c)
Meter
d)
Simile
16.
Who is this famous poet?
a)
Robert Frost
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
William Butler Yeats
17.
Who is this famous poet?
a)
Gwendolyn Brooks
b)
Maya Angelou
c)
Sylvia Plath
d)
Emily Dickinson
18.
What is "onomatopoeia" ?
a)
An exaggeration
b)
Sound words
c)
Rhyming words
d)
A form of imagery
19.
To pace yourself when reading poetry, it is important to take note of punctuation to help choose your intonation. What might "intonation" means?
a)
Your attitude
b)
The atmosphere
c)
The tone/pitch of your voice
d)
Your feeling
20.
Bonus Q: Finish this famous line of poetry:
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a ____.
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a ____.
a)
Tree
b)
Sea
c)
Bee
d)
Sweet pea
21.
Poetry that does not tell a story, but show feelings and emotions.
a)
Dramatic Poetry
b)
Lyric Poetry
c)
Narrative Poetry
d)
All of the above
22.
Poetry that includes characters, events and conflict.
a)
Lyric Poetry
b)
Dramatic Poetry
c)
Narrative Poetry
d)
All of the above
23.
Poetry that is meant to be mostly for theater. It includes a person's specific situation.
a)
Lyric Poetry
b)
Narrative Poetry
c)
Dramatic Poetry
d)
All of the above
24.
Types of Dramatic Poetry:
a)
Comedy, tragedy, melodrama, Social Poems.
b)
Sonne, elegy, ode
c)
epic, ballad, social
d)
A and B
25.
_____________ is a special type of poem that must paint a mental image in the reader's mind. It must have 17 syllables.
a)
Hokku
b)
limerick
c)
Haiku
d)
Sonnet
26.
_________________ is a fourteen line poem with a variable rhyme scheme. In the last lines there is a "turn" or clarification. Typically is written about something special to you.
a)
Haiku
b)
Hokku
c)
Sonnet
d)
Limerick
27.
A poem is one in which the words are written in order to take the shape of an image.
a)
Haiku
b)
Ode Poem
c)
Hokku
d)
Concrete Poem
28.
a group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.
a)
poetry
b)
line
c)
paragraph
d)
stanza
29.
giving a non-living object human characteristics.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
30.
an extreme exaggeration to emphasize the truth or show humor.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
31.
a type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create effects
a)
personification
b)
figurative language
c)
poetry
d)
line
32.
compares two things without using "like" or "as"
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
imagery
d)
metaphor
33.
words or phrases that appeal to the five senses
a)
figurative language
b)
imagery
c)
symbol
d)
speaker
34.
compares two things using "like" or "as"
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
symbol
35.
a person, place, or object that stands for a larger idea
a)
imagery
b)
symbol
c)
figurative language
d)
hyperbole
36.
Ex: an olive branch usually represents the idea of peace.
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
symbol
d)
metaphor
37.
Ex: It was as boring as watching paint dry.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
imagery
38.
Ex: I have a ton of chores to do when I get home.
a)
symbol
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
39.
Ex: The crocodile's teeth are white daggers.
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
poetry
40.
Ex: The lightening danced across the night sky.
a)
stanza
b)
hyperbole
c)
symbol
d)
personification
41.
What are the red words an example of?
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
a)
Internal rhyme
b)
End rhyme
c)
Refrain
d)
Enjambment
42.
What are the red letters an example of?
The people along the sand (A)
All turn and look one way. (B)
They turn their back on the land. (A)
They look at the sea all day. (B)
As long as it takes to pass (C)
A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)
The wetter ground like glass (D)
Reflects a standing gull. (D)
The people along the sand (A)
All turn and look one way. (B)
They turn their back on the land. (A)
They look at the sea all day. (B)
As long as it takes to pass (C)
A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)
The wetter ground like glass (D)
Reflects a standing gull. (D)
a)
Rhythm
b)
Rhyme
c)
Rhyme scheme
d)
Alliteration
43.
What are the red words an example of?
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
a)
Internal rhyme
b)
End rhyme
c)
Accidental rhyme
d)
Extended metaphor
44.
What do the red lines show?
In my sleep
I dream
In my sleep
I believe
In my sleep
I mourn
In my sleep
I dream
In my sleep
I believe
In my sleep
I mourn
a)
Repetition
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Refrain
45.
What type of poem does this picture show?
a)
A picture poem
b)
A concrete poem
c)
A cartoon poem
d)
A narrative poem
46.
What does the sentence below show?
The cloud was fluffy like cotton candy.
The cloud was fluffy like cotton candy.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Refrain
d)
Onomatopoeia
47.
What does the sentence below show?
This bag weighs a ton.
This bag weighs a ton.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
48.
What is the red word an example of?
Boom! The door shut suddenly after Jake walked outside.
Boom! The door shut suddenly after Jake walked outside.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Personification
c)
Repetition
d)
Onomatopoeia
49.
What do the red words show?
While I nodded, nearly
napping, suddenly there
came a tapping...
While I nodded, nearly
napping, suddenly there
came a tapping...
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Repetition
d)
Refrain
50.
What is the sentence below an example of?
The flame of the candle danced in the dark.
The flame of the candle danced in the dark.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Enjambment
c)
Personification
d)
Repetition
51.
What are the red words an example of?
When I was a child
I spoke like a child
I understood
as a child
I thought as a child
When I was a child
I spoke like a child
I understood
as a child
I thought as a child
a)
Refrain
b)
Alliteration
c)
Repetition
d)
Idioms
52.
Betty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better.
This is an example of:
This is an example of:
a)
Imagery
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
53.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
54.
In poetry, what is "meter" ?
a)
Words that sound the same
b)
Sophisticated vocabulary
c)
The pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables
d)
The length of a poem
55.
Free verse poems do not
a)
use repetition.
b)
tell a story.
c)
use words.
d)
rhyme.
56.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
57.
Figurative language is
a)
not understood literally, with a deeper meaning
b)
words taken at their most basic meaning
c)
comparison to help understanding
d)
using the 5 senses in writing
58.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
59.
Marjorie is as quiet as a mouse
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
60.
My brain is an artifact that has never been found
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
61.
What is alliteration?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
62.
Define the term Symbolism.
a)
Person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
b)
a word used to describe the difference between what we expect and what actually happens.
63.
What device is used in this sentence?
Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
64.
An object or idea that represents something else
a)
Symbolism
b)
Consonance
c)
Assonance
d)
Metaphor
65.
Poetry that tells a story and includes a plot and characters
a)
Free Verse
b)
Narrative
c)
Ballad
d)
Concrete
66.
A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph in a book
a)
Extended Metaphor
b)
Sound Devises
c)
Sonnet
d)
Stanza
67.
A three line Japanese form that describes something in nature. Follows 5-7-5 syllable form.
a)
Haiku
b)
Ballad
c)
Epic
d)
Lyric
68.
Words that are used to represent particular sounds
a)
Symbolism
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Repetition
d)
Stanza
69.
A long lyric poem that celebrates something or someone
a)
Epic
b)
Sonnet
c)
Couplet
d)
Ode
70.
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
a)
Alliteration
b)
Imagery
c)
Personification
d)
Speaker
71.
The message or lesson that the poet is trying to communicate with the reader
a)
Theme
b)
Tone
c)
Mood
d)
Assonance
72.
The voice that talks to the reader
a)
Poet
b)
Speaker
c)
Author
d)
Narrative
73.
Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Simile
d)
Idiom
74.
The rhyming pattern that is created at the end of lines of poetry
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Rhythm
c)
Repetition
d)
Rhyme Scheme
75.
Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Idiom
c)
Metaphor
d)
Free Verse
76.
Poems shaped to look like their subjects
a)
Sonnet
b)
Ode
c)
Concrete
d)
Epic
77.
Words that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell
a)
Symbolism
b)
Imagery
c)
Lyric
d)
Sound Devises
78.
What is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words?
a)
Repetition
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Rhyme
79.
What is writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Sensory Language
80.
What uses like or as to compare two apparently unlike things?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Repetition
81.
What is the use of words that imitate sounds? (Crash, bang, hiss, slpat)
a)
Sensory Language
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Onomatopoeia
82.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
83.
THE MEssage about life that the poem or story tells
Ex: friendship, bravery, courage
Ex: friendship, bravery, courage
a)
alliteration
b)
tone
c)
theme
d)
stanza
84.
Imagery appeals to the ______________.
a)
brain
b)
senses
c)
crazy people
d)
memory
85.
What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
a)
Refrain
b)
Rhyme
c)
Meter
d)
Simile
86.
a figure of speech in which nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes: the sky is crying; dead leaves dances in the wind
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
87.
the occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words: cat/hat; observe/deserve
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
rhyme
d)
simile
88.
a figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis. Many expressions are examples: tons of money; waiting for ages
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
simile
89.
a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds. Examples are: clippety-clop; zing; splat
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
onomatopoiea
90.
True or false: Poems must rhyme and have short lines.
a)
true
b)
false
91.
Poems that do not rhyme and do not have a structured format are called...
a)
non-rhyme poetry
b)
free verse
92.
Words that are clumped together and resemble paragraphs in called _________ in poetry?
a)
stanzas
b)
lines
c)
clumps
93.
Which of the following is NOT a sound device in poetry?
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoiea
c)
repetition
d)
personification
94.
The type of poetry that takes the shape of the subject that is being described is _________________ poetry
a)
shape
b)
cement
c)
concrete
95.
Buzz, hiss, and meow are examples of ________________.
a)
alliteration
b)
personifcation
c)
onomatopoeia
96.
Poets may give human qualities to objects or ideas. This technique is called _____________________________.
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
humanization
d)
people-izing
97.
4) The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word is called ___________________________.
a)
similes
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
98.
A poem in which the words at the end of one line have the same sound as words at the end of other lines
a)
Acrostic
b)
Haiku
c)
Rhyme
d)
Didactic cinquain
99.
The way in which a poet arranges rhymes throughout a poem
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
assonance
c)
alliteration
d)
rhythm
100.
A five-lined poem inspired by the Japanese haiku and tanka
a)
Rhyme
b)
Acrostic
c)
Didactic Cinquain
d)
Haiku
101.
Repetition of a vowel sound within nearby words
a)
alliteration
b)
assonace
c)
enjambment
d)
repetition
102.
A Japanese poem that consists of a total of 17 syllables and invokes images of the natural world
a)
haiku
b)
acrostic
c)
spoken word
d)
diamante
103.
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
enjambment
d)
rhyme
104.
When an idea or phase is carried over from one line to the next
a)
rhythm
b)
repetition
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
enjambment
105.
Comes from the Greek words that mean "I make" and "the name"
a)
assonance
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
rhyme
d)
alliteration
106.
Poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure. Slam Poetry is an example of this type of poetry.
a)
ode
b)
free verse
c)
stanza
d)
ballad
107.
A poem that tells a story and has characters, a setting, and a plot.
a)
partial rhyme
b)
haiku
c)
narrative
d)
ballad
108.
A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a space. This is like the paragraph of poetry
a)
stanza
b)
refrain
c)
ballad
d)
chorus
109.
Words that rhyme at the end of the line.
EX: Yes it's true, I'm a CAT.
When I go out, I wear a HAT.
EX: Yes it's true, I'm a CAT.
When I go out, I wear a HAT.
a)
end rhyme
b)
partial rhyme
c)
middle rhyme
d)
stanza
110.
Label the rhyme scheme of: Baa-baa black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full.
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full.
a)
a, b, c, b
b)
a, b, a, b
c)
a, a, b, b
d)
a, b, c, d
111.
The word and the sound that it represents are the same (buzz, fizz, crackle).
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
rhythm
c)
end rhyme
d)
line
112.
The repetition of the initial consonant sounds (Ex: One moist, misty Monday morning)
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
repetition
d)
simile
113.
What is the figurative device that uses a reference to a famous, person, place, thing, or idea?
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
allusion
d)
symbol
114.
Which sound device uses the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatpoeia
c)
rhyme
d)
rhyme scheme
115.
Which poetry form is a song-like poem that tells a story and is often about adventure and romance?
a)
lyric poem
b)
ballad
c)
narrative poem
116.
Which sound device uses rhyme within a line of poetry?
a)
repetition
b)
rhyme
c)
internal rhyme
d)
rhyme scheme
117.
Which poetry form is a humorous, rhyming five-line poem with a specific pattern and rhyme scheme?
a)
limerick
b)
haiku
c)
free verse
d)
concrete poem
118.
Which poetry form is a three line Japanese poem that describes something in nature, and has the syllable pattern 5-7-5?
a)
limerick
b)
haiku
c)
free verse
d)
concrete poem
119.
Which poetry form expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse?
a)
lyric poem
b)
ballad
c)
narrative poem
120.
Which poetry term refers to the writer of the poem?
a)
poet
b)
speaker
c)
stanza
d)
line
121.
Which poetry term refers to the "narrator" of the poem?
a)
poet
b)
speaker
c)
stanza
d)
line
122.
Which poetry form tells a story in verse and has elements of short stories, such as plot and characters?
a)
lyric poem
b)
ballad
c)
narrative poem
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