Unit 4: Poetry Test

Question 1

Elements of poetry:

Poets use language _____ to create ____, tell stories, explore feelings, and describe experiences.

Answer 1

Poets use language imaginatively to create images, tell stories, explore feelings, and describe experiences.

Question 2

Poets use a variety of specific elements and techniques.

_____ Devices: Add a _____ quality to poetry. Poets use these devices to enhance a poem’s ____ and meaning

Answer 2

Poets use a variety of specific elements and techniques.

Sound Devices: Add a musical quality to poetry. Poets use these devices to enhance a poem’s mood and meaning

Question 3

Sound Device: Rhyme

a. Repetition of _____ at the ends of words such as: Pool, ____ and Fool
b. Example: “The fool jumped into the pool”

Answer 3

Rhyme

a. Repetition of sounds at the ends of words such as: Pool, Rule, and Fool
b. Example: “The fool jumped into the pool”

Question 4

Sound Device: Rhythm

a. Beat created by the _____ of stressed and unstressed ______.
b. Example: “I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam I am.”

Answer 4

Rhythm

a. Beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
b. Example: “I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam I am.”

Question 5

Sound Device: Repetition

a. Use of any element of _____- sound, word, phrase, clause or sentence- more than _____.
b. Example:

I looked upon the rotting sea,
And drew my eyes away;

I looked upon the rotting deck,
And there the dead men lay.

Answer 5

Repetition

a. Use of any element of language- sound, word, phrase, clause or sentence- more than once
b. Example:

I looked upon the rotting sea,
And drew my eyes away;

I looked upon the rotting deck,
And there the dead men lay.

Question 6

Sound Device: Onomatopoeia

Use of words to _____ sounds such as Crash, _____, Hiss, and _____.

Answer 6

Onomatopoeia

Use of words to imitate sounds such as Crash, Bang, Hiss, and Splat.

Question 7

Sound Device: Alliteration

a. Repetition of _____ sounds in the ______ of words
b. Example: “Carries cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.”

Answer 7

Alliteration

a. Repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words
b. Example: “Carries cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.”

Question 8

Figurative _______ : Writing or _____ that is not meant to be taken ______.

Answer 8

Figurative Language: Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

Question 9

Figurative Language:
Metaphors

a. Describe one ____ as if it were something else. Often points out a ____ between two unlike things
b. Example: “The snow was a white blanket over the town.”

Answer 9

Figurative Language:
Metaphors

a. Describe one thing as if it were something else. Often points out a similarity between two unlike things
b. Example: “The snow was a white blanket over the town.”

Question 10

Figurative Language:
Similes

a. Use ____ or _____ to compare _____ apparently unlike things and show similarities between the two
b. Example: “She is slow as a turtle.”

Answer 10

Figurative Language:
Similes

a. Use like or as to compare two apparently unlike things and show similarities between the two
b. Example: “She is slow as a turtle.”

Question 11

Figurative Language:
Personification

a. Gives ____ qualities to something that is nonhuman
b. Example: “The ocean crashed angrily during the storm.”

Answer 11

Figurative
Personification

a. Gives human qualities to something that is nonhuman
b. Example: “The ocean crashed angrily during the storm.”

Question 12

Forms of Poetry

Narrative

1. Tells a ____ in verse. Often have elements similar to those in a short story, such as ____ and _____.

2.	Example:
“There was three kings into the east, 
Three kings both great and high, 
And they had sworn a solemn oath 
John Barleycorn should die.”

John Barleycorn by: Robert Burns

Answer 12

Forms of Poetry

Narrative

1. Tells a story in verse. Often have elements similar to those in a short story, such as plot and character

2.	Example:
“There was three kings into the east, 
Three kings both great and high, 
And they had sworn a solemn oath 
John Barleycorn should die.”

John Barleycorn by: Robert Burns

Question 13

Forms of Poetry

Lyric

1. Expresses _____ and _____ of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
2. Example:
   “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…” Shakespeare

Answer 13

Forms of Poetry

Lyric

1. Expresses thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
2. Example:
   “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…” Shakespeare

Question 14

Forms of Poetry

Concrete

______ to look like their subjects. Also known as “Shape Poems”

Answer 14

Forms of Poetry

Concrete

Shaped to look like their subjects. Also known as “Shape Poems”

Question 15

Forms of Poetry

Haiku

1. ____-line Japanese verse form. First and third lines have _____ syllables and second line has _____
2. Example:
   “Darkended dreams
   become modern grapes of wrath
   reaping a bitter wine. “

Answer 15

Forms of Poetry

Haiku

1. Three-line Japanese verse form. First and third lines have five syllables and second line has seven
2. Example:
   “Darkended dreams
   become modern grapes of wrath
   reaping a bitter wine. “

Question 16

Forms of Poetry

Limerick

1. Humorous, rhyming, ____ line poem with a specific _____ pattern and _____ scheme

2.	Example:
“There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'

Answer 16

Forms of Poetry

Limerick

1. Humorous, rhyming, five line poem with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme

2.	Example:
“There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'

Question 17

Forms of Poetry

Answer 17

Forms of Poetry