Poetry Pre-Assessment

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11 questions

Instructions

Multiple Choice, Short Answer, Matching

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Read the following poem excerpt and answer the questions below:

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Last updated over 1 year ago

11 questions

Instructions

This task will help Ms. Sam understand your background knowledge regarding poetic devices. 

Multiple Choice, Short Answer, Matching

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Name one example of figurative language and explain it.

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Read the following poem excerpt and answer the questions below:

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This task will help Ms. Sam understand your background knowledge regarding poetic devices. 

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A direct comparison without "like" or "as"

The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words

A figure of speech that exaggerates for effect

Giving human qualities to non-human things 

A comparison between two unlike things

A word that imitates a sound

A 14-line poem

The main idea of a poem

The rhythm or beat of a poem

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem

The use of repeated consonant sounds

The use of rhyme and rhythm

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

The central theme or message

The speaker's tone

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Stanza _____		The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration _____		When a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Metaphor _____		A word that imitates a sound
Onomatopoeia _____		A group of lines in a poem

What is a simile?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A direct comparison without "like" or "as"

The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words

A figure of speech that exaggerates for effect

Which of the following describes personification?

Giving human qualities to non-human things 

A comparison between two unlike things

A word that imitates a sound

A 14-line poem

What is rhyme scheme? 

The main idea of a poem

The rhythm or beat of a poem

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem

The use of repeated consonant sounds

What is imagery in poetry?

The use of rhyme and rhythm

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

The central theme or message

The speaker's tone

Match the term on the left to its correct definition on the right.

Stanza _____

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Alliteration _____

When a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Metaphor _____

A word that imitates a sound

Onomatopoeia _____

A group of lines in a poem