Poetry Test

Question 1

Acrostic

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A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words

Question 2

Alphabet Poem:

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These poems don’t rhyme and are written in a similar way to an acrostic poem.

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Ballad:

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a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.

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Biography Poem:

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a poem that is written to describe a person, usually a fictional character or famous person.

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Cinquain:

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a five-line stanza

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Class Poem:

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A piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery

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Concrete Poem:

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poetry in which the meaning or effect is conveyed partly or wholly by visual means, using patterns of words or letters and other typographical devices.

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Elegy:

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An elegy is a sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who has passed away.

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Fable:

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A fable is a poetic story composed in verse or prose with a moral summed up at the end.

Question 10

Free Verse:

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Free verse is a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms.

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Haiku:

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a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.

Question 12

Imagery:

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Imagery is the name given to the elements in a poem that spark off the senses.

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Limerick:

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a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.

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List Poem:

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A list poem can be a list or inventory of items, people, places, or ideas. • It often involves repetition

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Lyric Poem:

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a type of emotional songlike poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry

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Metrical Tale:

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is a narrative poem which is written in verse that relates to real or imaginary events in simple, straightforward language, from a wide range of subjects, characters, life experiences, and emotional situations

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Ode:

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a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter

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Senryu:

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a 3-line unrhymed Japanese poem structurally similar to haiku but treating human nature usually in an ironic or satiric vein.

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Septolet:

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is a poem consisting of seven lines containing fourteen words with a break in between the two parts.

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Sonnet:

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a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

Question 21

Syllable:

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a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.

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Line:

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is a unit of language into which a poem or play is divided, which operates on principles which are distinct from and not necessarily coincident with grammatical structures, such as the sentence or single clauses in sentences.

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Stanza:

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is a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme.

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Rhyme Scheme:

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is a poet’s deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza

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Rhythm:

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is expressed through stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Rhyme:

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is a repetition of similar sounding words, occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.

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SImile:

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is an easy way to compare two things, so examples of simile poems include any poem that makes comparisons using the words “like” or “as.”

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Metaphor:

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Unlike a simile that uses “like” or “as” (you shine like the sun!), a metaphor does not use these two words (a famous line from Romeo and Juliet has Romeo proclaiming “Juliet is the sun”).

Question 29

Onomatopoeia:

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Shout it Out Loud. Onomatopoeia is an awesome poetry device because it adds depth to writing, but the sounds can only be heard when you speak them.

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Couplet:

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is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre.

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Meter:

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is a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats. It is also called a foot. Each foot has a certain number of syllables in it, usually two or three syllables

Question 32

Tone/Mood:

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Some words that can describe the mood of a poem might be: romantic, realistic, optimistic, pessimistic, gloomy, mournful, sorrowful, etc. Some words that can describe the tone of a poem might be: serious, humorous, amused, angry, playful, cheerful, sad, gloomy, etc.

Question 33

How many syllable are in (because)

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2 syllables

Question 34

How many syallables are in (cat)

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1 syllable

Question 35

How many syllables are in (mistaken)

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3 syllables

Question 36

What type of poem is this?

Sun is up and shining bright
Under the umbrella for shade
Magenta is the color of my flowers
My mother made lemonade 
Everyday is so warm
Ridding bikes through the fields

Answer 36

Acrostic poem

Question 37

What type of poem is this?

It’s bright like the sun.

Answer 37

Simile

Question 38

What type of poem is this?

Bright like the hot sun.
warm and cozy up so high
tic toc on the clock

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Haiku

Question 39

What type of poem is this?

The sun is up so high in the sky
I go back to my house and eat a Shepard’s pie.
The room is dark with no noise
I let out a long sigh

Answer 39

Limerick

Question 40

What type of poem is this?

Apple
Blueberry
Cantaloupe
Dragon fruit
......

Answer 40

Alphabet poem

Question 41

What type of poem is this?

Bang, bang coming from the kitchen
thump, thump as we go up the stairs
sh,sh the mom yells

Answer 41

Onoemetapeia