Poetry Unit Test Study Guide

Question 1

What is an elegy

Accepted Answer

A poem of reflection for someone who is usually dead

Question 2

What poem has 3 lines and follows a 5, 7, 5 syllable format?

Accepted Answer

Haiku

Question 3

What is NOT an example of theme?

Accepted Answer

He goes to the school

Question 4

What poetic device is characterized by the repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely positioned words?

Accepted Answer

consonance

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

Accepted Answer

I have told you a million times

Question 6

What is a sonnet?

Accepted Answer

A type of poem with 14 lines

Question 7

Which is the correct order?

Accepted Answer

Read, annotate, paragraph

Question 8

What is the proper way to insert a quote?

Accepted Answer

The cat says, "meow meow meow meow, meow."

Question 9

What is an example of assonance?

Accepted Answer

Quaint quails quiver and quake at the Queen's entrance.

Question 10

Figurative language is used in poetry to confuse the reader from their actual message

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

What is authors purpose

Accepted Answer

The reason that the author wrote the poem

Question 12

What is an example of alliteration?

Accepted Answer

All alligators attempt arson annually

Question 13

A metaphor uses the words like or as to compare and contrast

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What is a tercet

Accepted Answer

a 3 line stanza

Question 15

What are the three parts of an analysis paragraph?

Accepted Answer

Topic sentence, evidence and explanation

Question 16

Which is a metaphor

Accepted Answer

Pillows were clouds under her head

Question 17

A ballad is a narrative song passed down orally

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 17