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Poetry Term Test

Directions: Circle the best choice for all questions.

1. “On Our Way” by Eve Merriam (a) simile What kind of walk shall we take today? (b) metaphor Leap like a frog? Creep like a snail? (c) alliteration Scamper like a frog with a furry tail? (d) onomatopoeia 2. Toby teaches tiny tots in Toledo. (e) simile (f) metaphor (g) alliteration (h) onomatopoeia 3. “Pie Problem” by Shel Silverstein (a) onomatopoeia (b) rhyme scheme If I eat one more piece of pie, I’ll die! (c) personification If I can’t have one more piece of pie, I’ll die! (d) hyperbole So since it’s all decided I must ide, I might as well have one more piece of pie. MMM-OOOH-MY! Chomp-Gulp-‘Bye.

What is the last line an example of? 4. The sky is a door to the universe. (e) metaphor (f) rhyme scheme (g) personification (h) hyperbole 5. “Arrows” by Shel Silverstein (a) metaphor (b)rhyme scheme I shot an arrow towards the sky. (c) personification It hit a white cloud floating by. (d)hyperbole The cloud fell dying to the shore. I don’t shoot arrows anymore.

What is line three an example of? 6. The banana split has whipped cream a mile (e) simile high. (f) rhyme scheme (g)personification (h)hyperbole

7. The “beat” of a poem (determined by the (a) rhythm number of syllables) (b) rhyme scheme (c) idiom (d) simile 8. Chocolate candy is sweet and yummy. (e) repetition It goes down smoothly in my tummy. (f) end rhyme (g) couplet What are the words “yummy” and “tummy” an (h) metaphor example of? 9. Mike’s little brother let the cat out of the (a) hyperbole bag about his surprise party. (b) idiom (c) repetition (d) couplet 10. “Overdues” by Shel Silverstein (a) hyperbole (b) idiom What do I do? (c) repetition What do I do? (d) couplet This library book is 42 Years overdue. I admit that it’s mine But I can’t pay the fine – should I turn it in Or hide it again? What do I do? What do I do? 11. Tyger Tyger burning bright (e) repetition In the forests of the night (f) end rhyme (g) couplet These two lines are known as a(n) ______. (h) metaphor 12. The orange, stick-like figure (a) rhyme scheme Smells as if it just arrived out of a garden. (b) stanza It feels wet and soft in my hands, (c) imagery Sweet and crunchy in my mouth. (d) metaphor It is a vegetable of the gods. 13. A 20-line poem is divided into 5 groups of (e) rhyme scheme 4 lines. Each of these groups is called a(n) (f) stanza ______. (g) imagery (h) metaphor 14. I whistled for a cab and when it came near (a) rhyme scheme (A) (b)stanza The license plate said fresh and it had dice in (c) imagery the mirror (A) (d)metaphor If anything I thought that this cat was rare (B) But I thought Nah, forget it, yo home to Bel- Air (B)