WorksheetsPoetry Practice
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins
What is the definition of "juxtaposition"?
The placing of two things side by side for comparison or contrast
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
The use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect
A figure of speech where a part is used to represent the whole
“His father is a solid rock while his mother is a balloon soaring in the air” is an example of:
Juxtaposition
Similie
Personification
Allusion
The sun is smiling today
Personification
Idiom
Oxymoron
Similie
True or false? Allusions are when the author describes characteristics of a character.
False
True
Maybe
Depends on the situation
What is an allusion?
a comparison of two different items by using like or as
An expression designed to call something to mind by mentioning it directly
An indirect reference to describe something by crediting a familiar source
descriptions of something by giving a non living thing human characteristics
Deafening silence
Oxymoron
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
Which of these is an allusion?
My dog is so smart that we named him Einstein.
My dog is a genius!
My dog is as smart as a whip.
My dog barks all the time!
The pigs snorted and went "oink"
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Personification
Alliteration
I must have walked a hundred miles
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Alliteration
An over exaggeration
hyperbole
oxymoron
allusion
onomatopoeia
A person, place, thing, or event that stands for something else and has its own meaning.
Symbol
Personification
Imagery
Pun
A direct comparison of two unlike things saying that one IS the other
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
symbol
Example Hyperbole
"If I can't get a smartphone, I'll DIE!"
"whoosh, swish, sizzle"
"The classroom computer is a dinosaur."
word that sounds like the noise
White sheets of water, knocked high in the moonlight by his churning feet, gleamed like thousands of tiny white stars
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
Hyperbole
metaphor
direct comparison
"If I can't get a smartphone, I'll DIE!"
reference to another work (story/movie/character)
an exaggeration
Example alliteration
"Lazy leaping lizards are licking lollipops."
repetition of beginning sounds
"The classroom computer is a dinosaur."
"He whiffed the aroma of freshly brewed coffee."
when the beginning consonant sound is repeated
alliteration
allusion
idiom
simile
a comparison of 2 things, using words LIKE or AS
simile
imagery
metaphor
onomotopeia
sound words
onomatopoeia
allusion
idiom
simile
Example simile
"This class is like a three-ring circus."
"The lighting danced across the sky."
"If I can't get a smartphone, I'll DIE!"
giving human qualities to something that is not alive
Example alliteration
"Lazy leaping lizards are licking lollipops."
repetition of beginning sounds
"The classroom computer is a dinosaur."
"He whiffed the aroma of freshly brewed coffee."
Example metaphor
"The classroom computer is a dinosaur."
reference to another work (story/movie/character)
"If I can't get a smartphone, I'll DIE!"
giving human qualities to something that is not alive
“The tropical storm slept for two days.”
hyperbole
assonance
personification
metaphor
A pattern of beats in a text
Rhythm
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
A person, place, or object which suggests a meaning beyond the obvious.
symbol
idiom
imagery
mood
Attributing HUMAN qualities to an inanimate object, animal, or idea
Personification
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Imagery
Example onomatopoeia
"whoosh, swish, sizzle"
repetition of beginning sounds
"This class is like a three-ring circus."
"If I can't get a smartphone, I'll DIE!"
What is the main idea of this poem? (Tap the image to zoom in so you can read the poem.)
Someone is thinking about their time at home and reflects on the different ways he/she has been impacted.
Someone is tired of being home and wants to play hide and seek more.
Someone thinks he/she will never be the same.
Someone is tired of being home and is afraid of the monster
What does the author probably mean by “the doctors who can’t hide” in stanza 6? (Tap the image to zoom in so you can read the poem.)
They doctors must face the virus because their job is to help the sick.
The doctors are busy and can’t play hide and seek right now.
The doctors want to hide, but they are forced to work.
The doctors probably hide when they get home.
Who is probably the monster? (Tap the image to zoom in so you can read the poem.)
the virus
the doctors
the neighbors
the boogie man
What is the overall tone of the speaker towards the moon? (Tap the image to zoom in so you can read the poem.)
Scared
Thoughtful
Joyful
Excited
Why does the speaker repeat the line “I saw the moon one time” in the poem? (Tap the image to zoom in so you can read the poem.)
It supports that there were many people who saw the moon.
It shows that the speaker and the moon are quite similar.
It reinforces her different experiences with the moon.
It proves how truly enormous the moon is.
The speaker says good-bye to the spaghetti because - (Tap the image to zoom in and read the poem.)
it is raining outside
his father brought home supper instead
his mother is baking a cake
his mother left the kitchen
Which of these lines from the poem rhyme? (Tap the image to zoom in so you can read the poem.)
Lines 3 and 4
Lines 8 and 9
Lines 10 and 12
Lines 5 and 6
The reader can tell that the mother - (Tap the image to zoom in and read the poem.)
went outside to enjoy the rain and get wet
does not enjoy cooking at home
is afraid of the stormy weather outside
is angry when the storm causes the power to go out
Read the lines from the poem. - I race home, and as I reach the front door heavy rain began falling, thunder rumbling like a lion’s roar. The poet uses these words to help the reader imagine what the thunder –
looks like
sounds like
feels like
tastes like
Who is the speaker of this poem? (Tap the image to zoom in and read the poem.)
A child
A mother
A grandparent
A father
What line best supports the reason the speaker raced home from the park? (Tap the image to zoom in and read the poem.)
Suddenly there stood my father at the door
I thought we could use some supper tonight
Flickering lights crushed my hopes for a meal
The blue sky suddenly grew very dark
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose.
AABA
ABCB
AABB
ABCD
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
The coolness of the night
Refreshes my skin.
The stars shine so bright,
Causing me to grin.
ABAB
AABB
ABCA
ABAC
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
Twinkle, twinkle little star
how I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high
like a diamond in the sky.
ABCA
ABAC
ABBA
AABB
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem excerpt?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
ABAAB
ABCAB
ABBBC
ABBAB
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
How do you tell a poem's rhyme scheme?
The rhythm of a poem.
Rhymes occurring inside the lines of a poem.
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem (marked with the alphabet)
The "paragraph" of a poem.
Rhyme scheme is the pattern of _______ that comes at the end of each line or stanza in poetry
repeating
rhyme scheme
rhyming
sounds
Rhyming words sound the same _______
at the end of the word.
at the beginning of the word.
because they are the same.
but mean different things.
