Name: _____________________________ Date: ______________________________ Number: ___________
Poetry Final Test
Choose the best answer for the following questions.
1. “She was like a rainy Sunday,” is an example of a(n):
a. Idiom
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d. Analogy
2. A songlike narrative poem, usually featuring a rhyme, rhythm, and refrain is a:
a. Free verse
b. Haiku
c. Limerick
d. Ballad
3. A comparison that does not use “like,” or “as”:
a. Idiom
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d. Analogy
4. “Runny ripe rose nose” is an example of a(n):
a. Alliteration
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Free verse
5. The recurring pattern of a strong or weak syllabic stresses is called:
a. Rhyme
b. Rhythm
c. Scheme
d. Style
6. A group of lines that form a division of a poem is a(n):
a. Line
b. Stanza
c. Couplet
d. Ballad
7. “The baby was a spider as he crawled across the room,” is an example of a(n):
a. Idiom
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d. Onomatopoeia
Name: _____________________________ Date: ______________________________ Number: ___________
8. Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect is:
a. Repetition
b. Rhyme
c. Rhythm
d. Assonance
9. “The bathroom sink drips-drips-drips,” is an example of a(n):
a. Alliteration
b. Onomatopoeia
c. Simile
d. Personification
10. The haiku was originated in:
a. Australia
b. China
c. Rome
d. Japan
11. The repetition of a vowel sound (mad hatter) is a(n) example of:
a. Repetition
b. Rhyme
c. Onomatopoeia
d. Rhythm
12. A poem that has no rhyme or regular meter is considered:
a. Ballad
b. Limerick
c. Free verse
d. Haiku
13. An expression where the literal meaning is different from the intended meaning is a(n):
a. Idiom
b. Metaphor
c. Simile
d. Analogy
14. “Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers,” is an example of a(n):
a. Alliteration
b. Onomatopoeia
c. Personification
d. Simile
15. A haiku has ____ lines:
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
Name: _____________________________ Date: ______________________________ Number: ___________
16. Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have to rhyme is known as:
a. Cinquain
b. Haiku
c. Free verse
d. Limerick
17. This type of poetry has a line (or lines) that is (are) repeated at the end of stanzas in poetry and music:
a. Rhythm
b. Refrain
c. Simile
d. Rhyme
18. What kind of poetry tells a story with a plot, characters, and a setting?
a. Narrative
b. Limerick
c. Concrete
d. Diamante
19. This kind of poetry forms the shape of subjects:
a. Diamante
b. Concrete
c. Haiku
d. Limerick
20. These poems are humorous poems of five lines.
a. Diamiante
b. Cinquain
c. Limerick
d. Couplet
Read the following poem by Shel Silverstein and answer the questions that follow.
“No Difference”
Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We’re all the same size
When we turn off the light.
Red, black or orange,
Yellow or white,
We all look the same
When we turn off the light.
Rich as a sultan,
Poor as a mite,
We’re all worth the same
When we turn off the light.
So maybe the way
To make everything right
Is for God to just reach out
And turn off the light
21. How many stanzas are there? ___________
22. What is the rhyme scheme for each stanza? ______________
Name: __________________________ Date: ______________________ Number: _____________
Poetry Unit Final Test
23. What is the theme of this poem? ______________
24. Name on type of figurative language used in the poem, and share an example.
___________________________________________________________________
25. What type of poem is this? ________________________
Read the following poem by Langston Hughes and answer the questions that
follow.
The Dream Keeper
Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamers,
Bring me all of your
Heart melodies,
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world
26. How many stanzas are there? ___________
27. What is the rhyme scheme for each stanza? ______________
28. What is the theme of this poem? ______________
29. Name on type of figurative language used in the poem, and share an example.
___________________________________________________________________
30. What type of poem is this? ________________________
Answer the following questions with your own examples of each:
31. Onomatopoeia: _____________________________________________________________
32. Alliteration: _________________________________________________________________
33. Simile: _____________________________________________________________________
34. Metaphor: __________________________________________________________________
35. Personification: ______________________________________________________________
Name: __________________________ Date: ______________________ Number: _____________
Poetry Unit Final Test
Write your own type poem in the following space provided, and then answer
the following questions. The poem can be one you created for your poetry
book:
Title: __________________________________
36. How many stanzas are there? ___________
37. What is the rhyme scheme for each stanza? ______________
38. What is the theme of this poem? ______________
39. Name on type of figurative language used in the poem, and share an example.
___________________________________________________________________
40. What type of poem is this? ________________________