<p> 9th grade Poetry Pretest</p><p>1) Tell what alliteration is and give an example:</p><p>2) Explain the difference between a metaphor and a simile, and give </p><p> an example for EACH: </p><p>Metaphor:</p><p>Simile:</p><p>3) What is figurative language?</p><p>4) How many lines make up a couplet?</p><p>5) How many lines make up a quatrain?</p><p>6) How many lines are in a sonnet?</p><p>7) What is onomatopoeia? Give five examples:</p><p>8) Give an example of an exact rhyme:</p><p>9) Give an example of an approximate (slant) rhyme: 10) Explain what rhythm is and how it is created in poetry.</p><p>11) Write the word “arithmetic” put a line between the letters in the</p><p> words where the syllables are divided and tell how many syllables </p><p> the word has.</p><p>12) Who is your favorite poet and why? (you’re not allowed to say </p><p> no one)</p><p>13) What is a refrain?</p><p>14) Explain what a stanza is.</p>