1. Poetry Pre-Assessment
How much do you know?

2. 1. Ballad A) A poem about animals
B) A poem that tells a story (similar to a folk tale or legend)
C) A stanza or poem of four lines
D) Poems without pattern or stanza, often like a conversation

3. 2. Cinquain A) The text forms the shape of a diamond
B) The repeating of sounds, words, or phrases for an effect
C) The “beat” of a poem, made of patterns of accented and unaccented syllables
D) A poem with five lines

4. 3. What kind of poem is this?
Mom
Helpful, caring
Loves to garden
Lovable, likes helping people
Teacher
A) Haiku
B) Cinquain
C) Diamante
D) Limerick

5. 4. Free Verse Poetry
A) Draws the reader into poetic experiences by touching on the images and senses which the reader already knows
B) A poem about yourself
C) Arrangement of words in a poem
D) Poems without pattern or stanza, often like a conversation (rhymed or unrhymed)

6. 5. What kind of poem is this?
Little Butterfly
Floating over the flowers
Spring is beginning
A) Free Verse
B) Diamante
C) Bio-Poem
D) Haiku

7. 6. Form A) The way a poem looks on a page B) The way a poem sounds
C) A poem that rhymes
D) Poetry which uses complete sentences

8. 7. Diamante A) A poem written in a different language
B) A poem with text that forms the shape of a diamond
C) A stanza or poem of four lines
D) A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables

9. 8. What kind of poem is this?
Line 1: One word (title)
Line 2: Two words that describe the title
Line 3: Three words that tell the action
Line 4: Four words that express the feeling
Line 5: One word that is a synonym for the title
A) Ode
B) Imagery
C) Cinquain
D) Quatrain

10. 9. Lyrics
A) Figures of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds
B) The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words
C) Poems, such as sonnets or odes, that express the thoughts and feelings of the poet. Generally thought of as words to a song.
D) Single lines of poetry

11. 10. What is this an example of?
A) Onomatopoeia
B) Alliteration
C) Rhythm
D) Repetition
Clippety-Clop
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
Buzz Buzz
Whoosh
A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds

12. 11. Rhythm
A) The repeating of sounds, words, phrases, or lines for an effect
B) The “beat” of a poem, made of patterns of accented and unaccented syllables
C) The way a poem looks on a page
D) Sounds that are alike at the end of words

13. 12. What kind of poem is this?
Line 1: Noun (Subject) One word
Line 2: Two adjectives that describe line 1
Line 3: Three “ing” words that describe line 1
Line 4: Four nouns-the first two are connected with line 1, the last two are connected with line 7
Line 5: Three “ing” words that describe line 7
Line 6: Two adjectives that describe line 7
Line 7: Noun (synonym of subject)
A) Concrete
B) Bio-Poem
C) Diamante
D) Limerick

14. 13. What poem has this pattern?
Line 1: USUUSUUS
Line 2: USUUSUUS
Line 3: USUUS
Line 4: USUUS
Line 5: USUUSUUS
A) Haiku
B) Diamante
C) Limerick
D) Quatrain

15. 14. Lines
A) Figures of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds
B) Repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
C) Arrangement of words in a poem
D) Lyrics

16. 15. What is this an example of?
Pencil
sharp, skinny
writing, answering, erasing
wood, lead, ink, plastic
drawing, smudging, leaking
durable, colorful
pen
A) Limerick
B) Diamante
C) Cinquain
D) Free Verse

17. 16. What type of poem is this?
There was an old man from Peru
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe
He awoke in the night
With a terrible fright
To discover it was totally true
A) Cinquain
B) Quatrain
C) Ballad
D) Limerick

18. 17. Concrete Poems
A) Made up of words that have been placed in such a way that they make the shape of an object
B) Poems that tell a story, similar to a folk tale
C) Draws the reader into poetic experiences by touching on the images and senses which the reader already knows
D) Poems written on concrete

19. 18. What is this an example of?
Nature’s first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold Her early leaf’s a flower But only so an hour Then leaf subsides to leaf So Eden sank to grief So dawn goes down to day Nothing gold can stay (By Robert Frost)
A) Onomatopoeia
B) Imagery
C) Stanza
D) Alliteration

20. 19. What type of poem is this?
A short, sometimes humorous poem consisting of five lines
Lines 1,2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with each other
Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and rhyme with each other
A) Limerick
B) Ode
C) Diamante
D) Cinquain

21. 20. What is this an example of?
“She sells sea shells down by the seashore”
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
A) Onomatopoeia
B) Rhyme
C) Rhythm
D) Alliteration

22. 21. Haiku A) What you say when you see your friend Ku
B) A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
C) A poem in which each line begins with the letters of the alphabet in order
D) A stanza or poem of four lines

23. 22. What type of poem is this?
On top of a mountain there sits a green bird
The song that it sings is the best ever heard
When it opens its mouth all the animals cheer
For this song is a sound that all want to hear
Quatrain
Haiku
Concrete
Bio-Poem

24. 23. What type of poem is this?
A young girl was working on her project, but suddenly she had a question. Could this be her lucky day? Deciding to find out, she entered her backyard and found hundreds of green shamrocks!
A) Bio-Poem
B) ABC Poem
C) Story Poem
D) Limerick

25. 24. Repetition A) Are we there yet? How about now? Are we there now?
B) The repeating of sounds, words, phrases, or lines for an effect
C) How many times do I have to tell you...?
D) The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words