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WorksheetsIntroduction to Poetry
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Knowing the background of a poem (click all that apply) -
can provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the theme.
can assist with identifying literary elements and their use by the poet.
never really helps the reader at all.
can help identify the author's purpose.
Personification is -
the repetition of words or phrases for emphasis.
used when an author wants to relate a personal story.
giving ideas or inanimate objects the characteristics of living things.
rhyming within lines for the purpose of establishing meter or emphasis.
He was as strong as an ox.
The angry clouds marched across the sky.
The car raced down the road like a rocket.
Comparing one thing to another without using "like" or "as".
simile
metaphor
alliteration
blank verse
Which of the following are NOT characteristics of poems.
rhyme
paragraphs
stanzas
lines
All poems rhyme.
True
False
The groups of lines of a poem is called?
Paragraph
Stanza
Verse
Quartet
When human qualities are used to describe non-human things is called.
Simile
Alliteration
Humanisation
Personification
Describing or comparing something to something else that is completely different. e.g This class is a zoo
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines is called a ...
Rap
Poem
Song
Rhyme
Words or phrases that appeal to your five senses are called _____.
symbols
images
similes
metaphors
True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.
True
False
Which of the following does NOT use figurative language?
"The fog comes on little cat feet."
"Fog appeared in the harbor and city."
"The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."
"Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."
