Poetry Test

Matching

1. rhyme scheme a. the attitude a writer takes toward his subject

2. tone b. figure of speech that uses exaggeration
3. mood c. a comparison between two unlike things without a connective word
4. poetry d. mood or feeling in a work of literature
5. lyric poetry e. song-like poem that tells a story
6. couplet a. when a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if were human
7. ballad b. two consecutive lines of poetry often emphasized by rhythm of rhyme
8. free verse c. a comparison between two unlike things using words such as like or as
9. haiku d. the pattern of rhymed lines
10. sonnet e. repeated word, phrase, line or group of lines
11. refrain a. poetry that expresses emotions or thoughts but does not tell a story
12. simile b. Japanese verse consisting of three line and a 5-7-5 syllable pattern
13. metaphor c. fourteen line lyric poem
14. personification d. poetry that does not have a regular meter of rhyme scheme
15. hyperbole e. rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and
imagery to appeal to the reader’s emotions and imagination

Multiple Choice

16. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and that is not meant to be understood on a literal
level
a. imagery b. figure of speech c. symbolism d. metaphor

17. Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
a. hyperbole b. connotation c. denotation d. rhyme

18. Words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly

a. end rhyme b. connotation c. approximate rhyme d. internal rhyme

19. All meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

a. connotation b. denotation c. rhyme d. symbolism

20. Rhyme that occurs within lines of a poem

a. approximate rhyme b. end rhyme c. internal rhyme d. rhyme scheme

21. The use of people, places, things, or events that stand for itself and something beyond itself
a. imagery b. symbolism c. connotation d. figure of speech

22. Group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem

a. denotation b. rhyme c. stanzas d. epic

23. Long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger than life hero who embodies the values of a particular
Society
a. lyric poem b. sonnet c. ballad d. epic

24. Language that appeals to the senses

a. imagery b. figure of speech c. symbolism d. personification

25. Literal (dictionary) meaning of words

a. imagery b. hyperbole c. connotation d. denotation