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WorksheetsPoetic Devices Practice for 5th Graders
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is an anaphora in poetry?
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of the poem
A four-line stanza
A break between stanzas
A type of figurative language
What is a quatrain?
A stanza with five lines
A stanza with three lines
A stanza with four lines
A stanza with six lines
What is a stanza in poetry?
A group of lines, like a paragraph in writing
A single line in a poem
A group of words in a line
A type of figurative language
What is a stanza break in poetry?
A type of figurative language
The end of a poem
The beginning of a stanza
A blank space separating stanzas
How many lines are in the following poem?
Morning halls hum softly as we start the day,
Lockers chatter loud beneath the bell.
Pencils scratch our thoughts, not drifting away,
We find our focus, learning well.
Through crowded desks we turn each page,
Questions bloom where answers dwell,
Each lesson shapes a growing age,
Until the afternoon release of the bell.
10
6
8
12
What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem?
Morning halls hum softly as we start the day,
Lockers chatter loud beneath the bell.
Pencils scratch our thoughts, not drifting away,
We find our focus, learning well.
AABB
ABAB
BABA
ABCD
What is the apostrophe writing style in poetry?
Addressing an absent or imaginary person or object
Using punctuation marks in a poem
Writing in a rhyming style
Using figurative language
What is alliteration in poetry?
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Repetition of phrases in lines
A rhyme scheme
A special type of stanza
What is rhyme in poetry?
Repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines
A type of stanza
A figurative language device
A theme in a poem
How do you identify the rhyme scheme in a poem?
By assigning letters to the end of lines that rhyme
By counting the stanzas
By analyzing the theme
By identifying figurative language
How do you identify the theme and tone of a poem?
You can't, it's impossible.
By counting the lines
By identifying the rhyme scheme
By analyzing the poet's choice of words and imagery
What is a simile in poetry?
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'
A rhyme scheme
A type of stanza
Where is the simile in this poem?
Snow falls like feathers from a quiet sky,
The world turns pale beneath the moonlit night.
Trees stand still as if they’re frozen shy,
Wrapped in white, the cold feels soft and light.
the world turns pale
trees stand still
snow falls like feathers
wrapped in white
What is a metaphor in poetry?
A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
A rhyme scheme
A type of stanza
What are the metaphors in the following poem? Select ALL that apply.
School is a garden where young minds grow,
Teachers are like sunlight, steady and bright.
Lessons are seeds that they carefully sow,
Blooming into a future that's out of sight.
School is a garden
Teachers are like sunlight
Lessons are seeds
That's out of sight
How do you interpret the figurative language meaning in a poem?
By analyzing the deeper or symbolic meaning of words and phrases
By counting the stanzas
By identifying the rhyme scheme
By analyzing the theme
What poetic device is used in the following poem?
Silver students silently study,
Pages piled with patient care.
Bright bells beckon bustling buddies,
Sharing stories, scribbles, and stares.
figurative language
alliteration
rhyme
anaphora
Which phrases show examples of personification in this poem? Select ALL that apply.
Snow falls like feathers from a quiet sky,
The world turns pale beneath the moonlit night.
Trees stand still as if they’re frozen shy,
Wrapped in white, the cold feels soft and light.
the world turns pale
trees stand still
snow falls like feathers
beneath the moonlit night
The pattern of rhyming in poetry is known as
a stanza
rhyming
rhyme scheme
verses
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?
They put me in the oven to bake.
Me, a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.
Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.
-"The Life of a Cupcake", by Shelby Greer
rhythm
assonance
AABB
personification
What is personification?
comparing with "like" or "as"
giving human like qualities to nonhuman things
repeating things people say
listing people in poems
What is an allusion in writing?
repeating lines throughout the poem
drawing illustrations that support your writing
making an indirect reference to an outside work of art or cultural figure
making a comparison without using the words "like" or "as"
What is the outside work being alluded to in the following statement?
"Don't be such a grouch!"
Scroodge from "The Christmas Carol"
The Grinch movie
Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street
Charlie Brown from the Peanuts characters
What doe the following allusion mean?
"Chocolate is my kryptonite!"
Chocolate is gross.
Chocolate is my weakness.
I hate the taste of chocolate
How many lines and stanzas are in a villanelle poem?
10 lines, 5 stanzas
21 lines, 3 stanzas
19 lines, 6 stanzas
16 lines, 4 stanzas
In a villanelle poem, each stanza repeats at least one line from elsewhere in the poem.
TRUE
FALSE
