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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat structure is poetry written in?Sentences & paragraphsSentences & stanzasLines & paragraphsLines & stanzas
- 2. Multiple Choice
Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.
Sound
Sight
Taste
Touch
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the narrator of a poem called?AuthorSpeakerNarratorMain character
- 4. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: All poems must rhyme.TrueFalse
- 5. Multiple ChoiceDefine "rhyme."Comparing two things using "like" or "as."The repetition of a letter.The repetition of an ending sound.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceRhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.MusicalOld-fashionedImportantDifficult
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is "alliteration" ?The use of synonyms.Words that sound alike.An exaggeration.The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn poetry, what is "meter" ?Words that sound the sameSophisticated vocabularyThe pattern of stressed/unstressed syllablesThe length of a poem
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a "refrain" ?The last line of a poemThe first line of a poemA line that is repeatedA line that rhymes
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?SimileMetaphorAlliterationHyberbole
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?HyperboleAlliterationMetaphorSimile
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?HyperbolePersonificationAlliterationIdiom
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich literary device is an extreme exaggeration?MetaphorAlliterationPersonificationHyperbole
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the lifePersonificationHyperboleAlliterationRhyme - 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."RefrainRhymeMeterSimile - 16. Multiple Choice
Who is this famous poet?Robert FrostWilliam ShakespeareLangston HughesWilliam Butler Yeats - 17. Multiple ChoiceWho is this famous poet?Gwendolyn BrooksMaya AngelouSylvia PlathEmily Dickinson
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat is "onomatopoeia" ?An exaggerationSound wordsRhyming wordsA form of imagery
- 19. Multiple ChoiceTo pace yourself when reading poetry, it is important to take note of punctuation to help choose your intonation. What might "intonation" means?Your attitudeThe atmosphereThe tone/pitch of your voiceYour feeling
- 20. Multiple ChoiceBonus Q: Finish this famous line of poetry:
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a ____.TreeSeaBeeSweet pea - Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags