Department of Education of Puerto Rico Coleen Vazquez Middle School English Department Mr.

Picart

Poetry Test Value: 100 pts. Part I: Based on the unit we studied on Poetry answer the following questions. If you believe you need your unit notes, feel free to use them. 1. What do poems express? a) Ideas and jokes b) Ideas, feelings, and details c) Ideas, feelings, or they tell a story d) None of the above. 2. Why is the poet as important as the speaker to a poem? a) Because the poet narrates the poem that the speaker writes. b) Because the speaker brings to life the poets poem. c) Because the poet and narrator both like poetry. d) The answer is B and C. 3. What is a line? a) The appearance of the words on the page. b) The amount of sounds in a poem. c) A group of words together on one line of the poem. d) None of the above. 4. What is the definition of stanza? a) A group of words bunched together. b) A group of lines together. c) A group of words arranged together. d) A and C are the correct answer. 5. What is a sestet? a) A two line stanza b) A five line stanza c) A seven line stanza d) A six line stanza 6. Beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem; this is the definition of: a) Meter b) Stressed c) Rhyme d) Rhythm 7. Write the correct definition of free verse poetry :

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___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___ 8. Name the foot that is being described: {foot: unit of meter} Unstressed, unstressed, stressed a) Dactylic b) Trochaic c) Anapestic d) Iambic 9. Identify the following kind of metrical line: Tetrameter a) Three feet on a line b) One foot on a line c) Six feet on a line d) None of the above. 10. Blank verse poetry is written in lines of iambic pentameter, but does not use end rhyme. a) True b) False 11. A fourteen line poem with a specific rhyme is: a) Lyric Poem b) Haiku c) Cinquain d) Shakespearian Sonnet 12. From what country does the form of poetry Haiku originate from: a) Spain b) America c) Africa d) Japan 13. Idiom is an expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says. a) True b) False 14. Complete the following stem with an acrostic poem: C L

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A S S 15. Identify the rhyme used in the following example: ROSE LOSE a) End rhyme b) Internal rhyme c) Near rhyme d) All of the above 16. Identify the rhyme used in the following example: LAMP STAMP a) Near rhyme b) Internal rhyme c) End rhyme d) A and C are the answer 17. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? Which type of rhyme scheme was used to write the example poem above? a) Onomatopoeia b) Personification c) Alliteration d) Consonance 18. Define or give an example of a concrete poem: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___ 19. Metaphor is a comparison of two things using like, as than or resembles a) True b) False 20. Symbolism in poetry is a reference to something famous. a) True b) False Part II: Thinking about friendship write a short poem. Feel free to create a new forms and rhymes.