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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is true about poetry?
Poetry is always written in strict form.
Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.
Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.
Poets never read their poems aloud.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a type of poem?
a haiku
a sonnet
a limerick
a news article
- 3. Multiple Choice
True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
Alliteration, rhyme, and onomatopoeia are all examples of...
prose
sound devices
image devices
meters
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following does NOT use figurative language?
"The fog comes on little cat feet."
"Fog appeared in the harbor and city."
"The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."
"Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."
- 6. Multiple Choice
Rhyming is when some words...
sound alike
sound exactly the same.
are spelled the same way.
have the same definition.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt?
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
ABBA
ABAB
AAAB
AABA
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which poetic device is used in the following line?
Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which poetic device is used in the following line?
The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which poetic device is used in the following line?
The river swallowed the town whole.
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
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