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Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 3600secs
1. What type of poem is the first one?
Fun to be around
Ready to help
Inspires me every day
Enjoys playing games
Never mean
Does kind things
Limerick
Acrostic
Haiku
Shape
2. Which of the following best describes an acrostic poem?
A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word.
A poem with five lines that follows a specific rhyme scheme.
A poem that uses 5-7-5 syllables.
A poem that tells a story.
3. What type of poem is the second one?
There once was a cat from Peru,
Who dreamed he could sail in a shoeHe paddled the sea,
With a mouse for his tea,
And waved to the dolphins that flew!
Haiku
b) Limerick
Free verse
Cinquain
What type of poem is the third one?
Pencil
Yellow, pointy
Writing, drawing, doodling
It helps me share my thoughts
Graphite
Haiku
Cinquain
Limerick
Color
What is a characteristic of a cinquain poem?
Five lines with a specific pattern of words and syllables.
Three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
A humorous poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA.
A story told in poem form.
Which figurative language is used in the line: “Waved to the dolphins that flew”?
There once was a cat from Peru,
Who dreamed he could sail in a shoe.
He paddled the sea,
With a mouse for his tea,
And waved to the dolphins that flew!
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
What type of poem is the fourth one?
Blue is the ocean, deep and wide,
A quiet place where dolphins hide.
Blue feels like calm, like bedtime skies,
Like whispered dreams and lullabies.
Haiku
Free Verse
Acrostic
Color
Which figurative language is used in the line: “Blue feels like calm, like bedtime skies”?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Alliteration
What type of figurative language is used in the poem 5 in the line: “I dance on the breeze, above all the trees!”
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
What type of poem is the last one?
Spring
Birds chirp in the trees,
Flowers bloom in soft sunshine,
Rain sings on the roof.
Limerick
Cinquain
Haiku
Free verse
4. Explain Meaning and Feelings Choose a poem
What is the poem about?
What picture do you see in your mind when you read this poem?
How does this poem make you feel? Why?
What is your favorite line or word in the poem? Why do you like it?
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