Elements of Poetry Exam Review

What is the main difference between prose and poetry?

• all poetry rhymes and prose does not rhyme

• poetry is written without punctuation marks

• poetry looks different because it is written in lines and stanzas and prose is written in sentences and paragraphs

• there are no differences

The first step in turning a story into a poem would be?

• find rhyming words

• write lines and stanzas

• shorten the story

• find the most important ideas in the story

Which words in the stanza below rhyme?

'On the honor of my father,

I promise I will not bother,

the dog.'

• honor, father

• honor, father, bother

• honor, dog, bother

• promise, will, honor

What are free verse poems?

• poems that rhyme

• poems that are funny

• poems that sound more like ordinary speech and do not rhyme

• poems that have words scattered all across the page

Which of the following is a line from the poem?

• The Fat Cat

• I had a cat

• He had a hat that did not fit

• Who was so fat he could

How many stanzas does this poem have?

• 3

• 1

• 4

• 2

Each stanza of a poem usually focuses on?

• A main idea

• the most important line

• rhyming words

• the look of the poem

How should poems be read?

• pausing at the end of each line

• pausing at the end of each stanza

• pausing at the punctuation marks

• however you want to read it

Where should you pause when reading this poem?

• At the end of each line

• At the end of every two lines

• At the end of each stanza because there are periods

• Only at the very end of the poem because the text is a different color

The two boys stayed home because they had gotten mud all over ____ clothes.

• they're

• there

• theer

• their