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Poetry Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rhythm is the repeating patterns of sounds

a)

False

b)

True

2.

What is a meter?

a)

the pattern of accents and beats in a poem

b)

a row of words in a poem

c)

a measuring device

3.

Words with a similar ending sound are called...

a)

Equal

b)

Rhythm

c)

Repeated

d)

Rhyme

4.
A _______ in a poem is like a sentence in a paragraph.  
a)
stanza
b)
line
c)
rhyme 
d)
figurative language
5.
The _________ are like paragraphs in a poem. 
a)
stanzas
b)
lines
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
figurative language
6.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
7.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
8.

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)

a)

Rhythm

b)

Rhyme

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Alliteration

9.
Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.
a)
rhyme
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
10.
To describe by comparing two things using “like” or “as”.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
11.
To describe by comparing two things.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
12.
The repetition of beginning sounds.
a)
repetition
b)
alliteration
c)
rhyme
d)
meter
13.
The rain danced on the roof is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
14.
Ring! Ring! is an example of...
a)
rhyme
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
15.
My grandmother was as beautiful as a Texas sunrise is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
rhyme
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
16.
What is the figurative device that is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
allusion
d)
symbol
17.
Which poetry term refers to the writer of the poem?
a)
poet
b)
speaker
c)
stanza
d)
line
18.
THE MEssage about life that the poem or story tells
Ex: friendship, bravery, courage
a)
alliteration
b)
tone
c)
theme
d)
stanza
19.
repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
couplet
d)
rhyme
20.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False