Poetry Quiz

 

A segment of a poem that is divided into groups of lines is called a:

• Pair

• Stanza

• Limerick

• Haiku

"Sally sells sea shells by the seashore" is an example of:

• Paradox

• Irony

• Alliteration

• Line

A poem that does not have a rhyme scheme or typical measure is called:

• Lyric

• Sonnet

• Free Verse

• Ballad

The repetition of VOWEL sounds is called:

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Rhyme

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is called:

• Rhythm

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Sound words such as "bang" and "buzz" are examples of:

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

• Paradox

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Poet

• Author

• Speaker

• Narrator

This poem has all the elements of a short story

• Haiku

• Narrative Poem

• Elegy

• Ode

 The way a poem looks is its ____________.

• Set up

• Structure

• Sound

• Lines

Poem in which the first

Or last letters in

Each line, when read vertically,

Make a message or word.

• Sonnet

• Ballad

• Ode

• Acrostic