Name: _______________________________________________________ Date: __________________
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A. Identification
Direction: Write the correct answer in the space provided. Strictly no erasures.
___________1. A feature of poetry that refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
___________2. It refers to the use of objects, characters, figures, or color to represent abstract ideas or
concepts.
___________3. A three-line poem with five syllables in the first and third lines, and seven syllables in the
second (5-7-5).
___________4. A visual form of poetry in which the shape of the poem on the page is as important as
the words themselves.
___________5. A figurative language that makes comparisons between things by stating that one thing
literally is something else.
___________6. A type of poetry that doesn't have a specific rhyme or meter.
___________7. It is the repetition of the internal vowel sounds, often in consecutive words.
___________8. It is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
___________9. It is a poem, or stanza, written in four lines.
___________10. This figurative language makes comparison by saying something is similar to something
else, usually by using the words “like” and “as”.
Multiple Choice:
Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer at the space provided.
____11. What is the tone of the poem below.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
a. Hopeful
b. Angry
c. Happy
d. Sad
12. "Whiles all the night through fog-smoke white" is an example of a/an _________.
a. Internal Rhyme
b. End Rhyme
c. Free verse
d. None of the above
13. The famous tongue twister line “Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers” uses which sound
device?
a. Rhyme
b. Onomatopoeia
c. Alliteration
d. Repetition
14. A poem that is believed to have originated in Ireland in the early 18th century.
a. Limerick
b. Acrostic Poem
c. Free verse poem
d. Sonnet
15. The poem “The Old Pond” is an example of a/an _________.
“The Old Pond”
An old silent pond
A frog jumps into the pond—
Splash! Silence again.
a. Tanka poem
b. Limerick
c. Haiku poem
d. Acrostic Poem
16. A type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase.
a. Tanka poem
b. Limerick
c. Haiku poem
d. Acrostic poem
17. The word “ladder” is an example of a trochee. Which of the following words is also a trochee?
a. Impend
b. Imitate
c. Memoir
d. Believe
18. If a spondee has 2 stressed syllables, what has 1 stressed syllable followed by 2 stress syllables?
a. Iamb
b. Dactyl
c. Anapest
d. Trochee
19. Refers to the poem’s appearance and division of lines. Some poems can be long while some can be
short.
a. Length
b. Form
c. Width
d. Stanza
20. “Time is Gold” is an expression that uses what figurative language?
a. Simile
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Imagery
21. The unit of rhythm in poetry is called ___________.
a. Meter
b. Rhythm
c. Form
d. Stress
22. William Shakespeare’s famous line “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is using a type of
poetry rhythm called _________.
a. Anapestic Trimeter
b. Trochee Tetrameter
c. Iambic Pentameter
d. Dactylic Hexameter
23. The poem below follows what form of poetry?
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
a. A cinquain with ABAB rhyme scheme
b. A quatrain with AABB rhyme scheme
c. A cinquain with AABB rhyme scheme
d. A quatrain with ABAB rhyme scheme
24. Which of the following is a characteristic of a Diamante poem?
a. it rhymes
b. it is an eight -line poem
c. it follows a diamond shape
d. It does not have a pattern
25. A traditional cinquain contains _________.
a. 5 lines and 22 syllables
b. 6 lines and 21 syllables
c. 5 lines and 21 syllables
d. 6 lines and 22 syllables
26. Which feature of poetry was highlighted in this poem?
The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o’clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
a. Symbolism
b. Repetition
c. Imagery
d. Sound
27. Lyric poetry has the following characteristics except _______.
a. it is written in third-person point of view
b. it expresses a certain emotion or mood
c. it has a specific melody
d. it has mood about extremes in life
28. Aside from being lengthy, what other characteristic does epic poems have?
a. it talks about significant cultural events
b. it tells of intense adventures and heroic deeds
c. it has been passed through orally
d. all of the above
29. The poem below is an example of what form of poetry?
To whisper soft and quivering your name,
And drink the passion burning in your frame;
a. a cinquain
b. a tercet
c. a couplet
d. a quatrain
30. A Tanka is a Japanese poetry that has _____.
a. 31 syllables
b. 27 syllables
c. 25 syllables
d. 21 syllables
Matching Type
Direction: Match the word with its corresponding meaning or characteristic.
_______26. Tanka Poem A. 5-7-5 syllabic pattern
_______27. Haiku Poem B. 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic pattern
_______28. Alliteration C. repetition of first consonant sound
_______29. Assonance D. repetition of last consonant sound
_______30. Consonance E. repetition of internal vowel sound
_______31. Simile F. compares unanimated objects with human attributes
_______32. Metaphor G. compares two different things directly
_______33. Personification H. compares two different thinks using the word “like”
_______34. Cinquain I. 2-line stanza
_______35. Quatrain J. 5-line stanza
_______36. Tercet K. 4-line stanza
_______37. Couplet L. 3-line stanza
_______38. Limerick M. No rhyme
_______39. Acrostic Poem N. Humorous
_______40. Concrete Poem O. First or last letter forms a word
_______41. Free verse Poem P. Visual poetry
_______42. Tone Q. pattern of beats
_______43. Mood R. attitude of the poet
_______44. Rhythm S. emotional effect
_______45. Meter T. melody or musicality
