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AFRO-ASIAN POETRY

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A type praise poem to honor or criticise kings.

a)

Political Poems

b)

Invocative Poetry

c)

Panegyric

d)

Elegies

2.

Poems especially performed by women to mourn the dead.

a)

Elegies

b)

Religious and Divinatory Verses

c)

Epics

d)

Funeral Dirges

3.

Which of the options below are NOT a part of African Poetry?

a)

Political Poems

b)

Epic Poetry

c)

Songs and Lyric Poems

d)

Panegyric

4.

This poetry is used in spiritual ritual and ceremonies.

a)

Religous and Divinatory Verses

b)

Epic Poetry

c)

Songs and Lyric Poems

d)

Funeral Dirges

5.

(a)   is one example of Songs and Lyric Poems.

6.

Consists a series of praise expressions that highlight the qualities of people, dieties, objects, or natural elements.

a)

Epics

b)

Religious and Divinatory Verses

c)

Invocative Poetry

d)

Political Poems

7.

Poems expressing sorrow for the dead or loss.

a)

Elegies

b)

Funeral Dirges

c)

Panegyric

d)

Tanka

8.

Long narrative poems recounting heroic deeds and cultural myths.

a)

Epics

b)

Epic Poetry

c)

Political Poems

d)

Elegies

9.

Political Poems ___

a)

praise poem to honor or criticise kings.

b)

used in spiritual ritual and ceremonies.

c)

comment on leadership, justice, and societal issues.

d)

consists a series of praise expressions that highlight the qualities of people, dieties, objects, or natural elements.

10.

a 3 line poem with 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

a)

Tanka

b)

Haiku

c)

Shi

d)

Sijo

11.

A 5 line poem 5-7-5-7-7 syllable.

a)

Haiku

b)

Tanka

c)

Dalit

d)

Ci

12.

A classical Chinese poetic form

with fixed tones and parallels.

a)

Shi

b)

Ci

c)

Zhou

d)

Xin

13.

Lyric poetry written to musical tunes.

a)

Ci

b)

Songs and Lyric Poems

c)

Balagtasan

d)

Sijo

14.

3-line Korean poem with

balanced rhythm and structure. Each line

typically has 14–16 syllables.

a)

Haseyo

b)

Shijo

c)

Aniyo

d)

Imnida

15.

Long narrative

poems like Ramayana and Mahabharata.

a)

Epic

b)

Epic Poetry

c)

Dalit

d)

Balagtasan

16.

religious or

devotional poem with four lines and

eight syllables each.

a)

Balagtasan

b)

Epic Poetry

c)

Dalit

d)

Tanaga

17.

A poetic

debate in verse form named after

B_______.

a)

Balagtasai

b)

Bulagtasan

c)

Balagtasan

d)

Bulmatasam

18.

Three types of Irony

a)

Dramatic & Non-Dramatic & Very Dramatic

b)

Sarcastic & Ironic & Unironic

c)

Dramatic & Figurative & Situational

d)

Dramatic & Situational & Verbal

19.

Things, animals, or objects are given human characteristics.

a)

Personify

b)

Personification

c)

Humanify

d)

Become human

20.

What Figures of Speech was used in this sentence?

"The meeting with her parents felt bittersweet."

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Metaphor

c)

Syntax

d)

Hyperbole

21.

What Figures of Speech was used in this sentence?

"The tree waved hello at the passers-by."

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Personification

c)

Personify

d)

Synecdoche

22.

a part to represent the whole or vice versa. ex. many mouths to feed.

a)

Syntax

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Paradox

d)

Oxymoron

23.

contradictory statement that may be proven true. ex. Less is more.

a)

Synecdoche

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Paradox

d)

Irony

24.

What is Tone in elements of poetry?

a)

How the author feels while reading it.

b)

How the reader feels while reading it.

c)

The author's attitude or feeling towards the topic.

d)

The author's message to the readers.

25.

What is the word choice of the author called?

a)

Diction

b)

Choice Of Words

c)

Dictionary

d)

Fiction

26.

Using language to create a mental picture for readers, appealing to all five senses.

a)

Diction

b)

Personification

c)

Imagery

d)

Imagination

27.

Literal Imagery is ___

a)

Non-literal meaning

b)

Literal meaning of the word

c)

Figurative meaning

d)

Not a real element of poetry

28.

The meaning is different from the literal meaning of the word.

a)

Literal Imagery

b)

Figurative Imagery

c)

Irony Imagery

d)

Hidden Imagery

29.

What is NOT a sound device from the options below?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Repitition

d)

Alliteration

30.

repitition of beginning consonant sounds in a series of words.

a)

Repitition

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Consonance

31.

Repitition of vowel sounds across the words within the lines of poetry.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

Repitition

32.

Repitition of consonant sounds in neighboring words within lines of poetry.

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Consonance

d)

Repitition

33.

What is NOT example of Onomatopoeia?

a)

Meow

b)

Clink

c)

Roar

d)

Dawg

34.

repeating specific words or phrases to highlight an idea or builds anticipation.

a)

Repitition

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

Alliteration

35.

Which of the following is an example of a Rhyme?

a)

Cat Rat Potato

b)

Bat Flat Mut

c)

Crab Scab Dab

d)

Truck Rock Flag

36.

Which structural device is the arrangement of words in a poem

a)

Syntax

b)

Stanza

c)

Rhyme Scheme

d)

Meter

37.

group of lines in poetry (like a paragraph)

a)

Syntax

b)

Stanza

c)

Meter

d)

Rhythm

38.

What Structural Device uses AABB, ABAB, ABBA, etc.?

a)

Meter

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Scheme

d)

Rhythm

39.

pattern of the stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.

a)

Centimeter

b)

Kilometer

c)

Mile

d)

Meter

40.

The beat and pace of a poem.

a)

Rhyme

b)

Rhythm

c)

Beat

d)

Syllables

41.

Which type of structure in poetry consists of the following elements: rhyme, rhythm, and meter.

a)

Structured poetry

b)

Unstructured/Free form

42.

Which type of structure in poetry does not follow any rhyme scheme or meter.

a)

Structural Poetry

b)

Unstructured Poetry

43.

Which continent's poetry has the themes of culture, spirituality,

moral values, religion, nature, and

identity. It also reflects issues like

colonialism, nationalism, migration, exile,

and gender, along with universal themes.

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

44.

Whic continent's poetry uses the themes of nature, love,

spirituality, and life’s impermanence.

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

45.

BONUS: How old is Ms. Matanguihan?

a)

23

b)

25

c)

24

d)

22