9Th Grade Poetry Pretest

9th grade Poetry Pretest

1) Tell what alliteration is and give an example:

2) Explain the difference between a metaphor and a simile, and give

an example for EACH:

Metaphor:

Simile:

3) What is figurative language?

4) How many lines make up a couplet?

5) How many lines make up a quatrain?

6) How many lines are in a sonnet?

7) What is onomatopoeia? Give five examples:

8) Give an example of an exact rhyme:

9) Give an example of an approximate (slant) rhyme: 10) Explain what rhythm is and how it is created in poetry.

11) Write the word “arithmetic” put a line between the letters in the

words where the syllables are divided and tell how many syllables

the word has.

12) Who is your favorite poet and why? (you’re not allowed to say

no one)

13) What is a refrain?

14) Explain what a stanza is.