Name: ___________________________________
Direction. Answer each of the following statements
and/or questions. Please use a ¼ sheet of paper. DO
NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THIS SHEET.
1. _____ can be defined as 'literature in a
metrical form' or 'a composition forming
rhythmic lines'.
2. A group of lines in a poem is called
________.
3. What do you call the pattern of beats or
stresses in a poem.
4. It is the repetition of the same or similar
sounds, usually in stressed syllables at the
ends of lines, but sometimes within a line.
5. The rhyming pattern that is created at the
end of lines of poetry is called _____.
6. The line “A good cook could cook as much
cookies as a good cook who could cook
cookies” is an example of what kind of
sound device?
7. Give the rhyming pattern of the following
poem:
The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day.
As long as it takes to pass
A ship keeps raising its hull;
The wetter ground like glass
Reflects a standing gull.
8. In the line “The light of the fire is a sight.”
what is the vowel sound that repeated?.
9. In the line “Her foot left a print on the
carpet”, what is the consonant sound that is
repeated?
10. Encircle the word which is an example of
onomatopoeia
11. In the line “The best part about music class
is that you can bang on the drum, underline
the word which is an example of
onomatopoeia.
12. In the line “Our soldiers are as brave as
lions, what are figure of speech is used?
13. In the line “The world’s a stage, what is the
figure of speech used?
14. What sense is used in the following line?
“He felt like the flowers were waving hello”
15. What is the theme of the poem “Seven Ages
of Man”?
Name: ___________________________________
Direction. Answer each of the following statements
and/or questions. Please use a ¼ sheet of paper. DO
NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THIS SHEET.
1. _____ can be defined as 'literature in a
metrical form' or 'a composition forming
rhythmic lines'.
2. A group of lines in a poem is called
________.
3. What do you call the pattern of beats or
stresses in a poem.
4. It is the repetition of the same or similar
sounds, usually in stressed syllables at the
ends of lines, but sometimes within a line.
5. The rhyming pattern that is created at the
end of lines of poetry is called _____.
6. The line “A good cook could cook as much
cookies as a good cook who could cook
cookies” is an example of what kind of
sound device?
7. Give the rhyming pattern of the following
poem:
The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day.
As long as it takes to pass
A ship keeps raising its hull;
The wetter ground like glass
Reflects a standing gull.
8. In the line “The light of the fire is a sight.”
what is the vowel sound that repeated?.
9. In the line “Her foot left a print on the
carpet”, what is the consonant sound that is
repeated?
10. Encircle the word which is an example of
onomatopoeia
11. In the line “The best part about music class
is that you can bang on the drum, underline
the word which is an example of
onomatopoeia.
12. In the line “Our soldiers are as brave as
lions, what are figure of speech is used?
13. In the line “The world’s a stage, what is the
figure of speech used?
14. What sense is used in the following line?”
“He felt like the flowers were waving hello”
15. What is the theme of the poem “Seven Ages
of Man”?