WorksheetsPoetry Unit Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem?
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
repetition
d)rhyme
2.
What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?
a)
stanza
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
optical illusion
d)
imagery
3.
What are words that imitate sounds?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
synonyms
4.
What is a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?
a)
personification
b)
verse
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
5.
What is personification?
a)
A person emphasizing something in a poem.
b)
An object or animal taking on human characteristics.
c)
A type of poem that tells about a person's life.
d)
A type of poetry that uses metaphors to describe a person.
6.
Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?
a)
a) Poet
b)
b) Speaker
c)
c) Stanza
d)
d) Lines
7.
Poetry that does not have a set rhyming pattern.
a)
a) Patterned
b)
b) Free Verse
c)
c) Rhymed
d)
d) Humorous
8.
What is an idiom?
a)
a) A comparison using like or as.
b)
b) A phrase that has rhythm.
c)
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally.
d)
d) The same beginning sounds repeated.
9.
How is poetry written? (structure)
a)
a) Sentences & paragraphs
b)
b) Sentences
c)
c) Lines & paragraphs
d)
d) Lines & stanzas
10.
Onomatopoeias, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, idioms, and personification are all types of...
a)
figurative language
b)
sensory language
c)
genres
d)
media
11.
Poetry that has a plot, characters, and tells a story is called...
a)
free verse
b)
humorous poetry
c)
narrative poetry
d)
lyrical poetry
12.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
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
14.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
15.
The snow is a white blanket.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
16.
____________ is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as".
a)
Simile
b)
Synonym
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
17.
_________ is a big exaggeration, usually with humor.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
18.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Refrain
d)
Hyperbole
19.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.
Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
20.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
a)
Simile
b)
Refrain
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
21.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Refrain
22.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
23.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
24.
Why do people use figurative language?
a)
To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
b)
To be grammatically correct.
c)
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
d)
Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.
25.
A comparison of two unlike things that last throughout all the stanzas/lines of a poem
a)
extended metaphor
b)
rhyme scheme
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
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