Poetry 1
1. How many lines are in each stanza of this poem?
6 lines
2. Rhythm comes from meter, or the syllables in each word. How many syllables are in the second line of this poem?
4 syllables
11. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
A. I ran down the street.
16. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
A. I love to paint.
4. In the poem below, which line uses alliteration to create a musical quality?
B. Line 3
5. Which of the following statements is true about the poem above?
A. This poem is free verse.
17. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
B. Sue needed a blue crayon.
14. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
B. What do you want for dinner?
7. The poem above would be-
C. Free verse because it has no set rhyming pattern
3. What is emphasized by the repetition of the words "if only" in the poem?
A. the regret the speaker has about not doing his best.
13. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
C. Boys will play each day.
18. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
B. Lucy is on the swim team.
10. Which of the following is an element of free verse poetry?
C. It does not follow a rhyming pattern.
6. Which words rhyme in the stanza of the poem?
D. The last words in the second and fourth lines.
19. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
C. Please listen to your mom.
12. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
C. Joe reads each day.
8. Lines 1 through 4 are important to the poem because they-
D. Describe the setting
9. The lines emphasize that the speaker most likely feel
B. surprised by the outbreak of fighting
15. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
B. Pat plays sometimes.
20. Which sentence below is written completely and makes sense?
C. The tall tree fell down.