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How Much Do You Know About Poetry?
How Much Do You Know About Poetry?
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How much knowledge do you have about the genre of poetry?
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Which sentence about poetry is true?
Poems must have five lines or less
Poems are imaginative pieces of writing
All poems must rhyme
The first letters of each line, of any poem, spell a word
2
Which of the following is an example of repetition?
Toward the lake, toward the wood
The sun is sad in the morning
The dog smiles at the cat
Jumping jelly jokes
3
A poem that tells a story:
limerick
lyric
narrative
concrete
4
Japanese poetry that has 17 syllables and 3 lines which usually captures a moment in nature is what type of poem?
Haiku
Ballad
Lyric
Epic
5
Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
The truck winked at me
Lazy lizards lounge
The cat was as mad as a tree
Tick-tock goes the clock
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Poetry is a type of writing that uses figurative language to
All the above
Create images and ideas
Appeal to the five senses
Appeal to emotions
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Words that rhyme and occur at the ends of different lines of poetry create a(n) __________.
Internal rhyme
Sight rhyme
End rhyme
Rhyme scheme
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Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
Dogs dodge digging dandelions
I sat by the river. I lived by the sea
My hair is a vast forest
Pants are like legs
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Rhyming words are words that…
Start with the same letter
Sound the same
Have the same number of letters
Are spelled the same
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The rhythm of a poem is known as:
rhyme
syllables
meter
claps
11
True or False: The poet is always the speaker of the poem.
True
False
12
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
The glasses smiled at me
Snow is like the sun
Cute cats chase toys
My life is a dream
13
What is the name of a person who writes poetry?
Poemist
Poem person
Poet
Poemette
14
Good readers supervise their understanding of what they read by going back to reread the text to clear up confusion.
False
True
15
Which of the following is an example of metaphor?
Meow, woof, tweet went the animals
Talking turtles torture teachers
The dog smiles at me
I am a cloud
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Poetry should ALWAYS rhyme.
False
True
17
The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language? "It's raining cats and dogs!"
Metaphor
Assonance
Sensory Language
Idiom
18
Which of the following is an example of personification?
A table is a song
Pictures are captured people
Sweet loves sour
The moon swims through my window
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Which of the following is an example of simile?
Hiss, slurp, hush, scream – MOM!
My hand is as cold as snow
The shirt said, “Wear Me!”
Hopping hens shop for shoes
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When a reader is able to feel the emotion expressed by the poet, he is able to determine the _______ of the poem.
Tone
Setting
Plot
Mood