Unit 5 Part 2 Pre Assessment (Elements of Poetry)

Read the poem then answer the questions below.

This poem has ____ lines.

A _____ _____ is a pattern of rhyming lines in a poem.

• Rhyme Scheme

• Stanza Break

• Speaker / Voice

• Iambic Pentameter

Words or lines that have a similar sound _____.

• Repeat

• Rhyme

• Match

• None of these

How many stanzas are in the poem "To The Young Who Want to Die" by Gwendolyn Brooks?

A group of lines in a poem (like a "poetry paragraph") is called a ____.

• Line

• Verse

• Stanza

• Paragraph

A _______ is a single row of words in a poem.

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Line

The _______ or _______ is who or what is talking or speaking in the poem.

• Perspective or Point of View

• Author or Poet

• Speaker or Voice

• Man or Woman

A stanza consisting of two rhyming lines is called a ____.

• Couplet

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Quatrain

A stanza that has four lines is called a ____.

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Haiku

• Limerick

Read the poem "The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks. Does this poem rhyme?

• Yes

• No