Summative Test in CW
Summative Test in CW
Directions: Choose the correct letter for the answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is the feeling that a poem creates for the reader? It can be positive or negative.
A. Mood B. Simile C. Imagery D. Personification
2. What is a group of lines called in poetry that gives poems structure?
A. Rhythm B. Symbol C. Stanza D. Imagery
3. What are two lines of poetry called?
A. Octet B. Quatrain C. Couplet D. Sestet
4. What is the language that appeals to the senses in poetry? It creates pictures in the head.
A. Simile B. Imagery C. Theme D. Tone
5. What are words that sound like the noises that they make? (e.g., Bang!)
A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Consonance D. Assonance
6. What is a sonnet?
A. A poem that has 14 lines that use rhyme in a set pattern or formal rhyme scheme.
B. A poem that sounds like a song with 14 rhyming lines.
C. A poem that was written by Shakespeare.
D. A poem that has 14 lines uses time in a set pattern or formal rhyme scheme.
7. This type of short poem that describes the personal thoughts and inner feelings of the author and
usually has musical quality is known as a...
A. Dramatic B. Lyric C. Descriptive D. Narrative
8. In poetry, a ballad refers to ______________________.
A. A seven-line musical poem.
B. A type of poetry that has no set form - it is free from mixed patterns of rhyme.
C. A musical poem for dancing.
D. A musical poem that tells a story - usually features a refrain, which is a repeated phrase or idea.
9. What is an acrostic poem?
A. Five-line poem with a specific pattern.
B. A unit of verse consisting of two lines that usually rhyme.
C. A poem in the shape of someone's name.
D. A poem in which the first letters of each line form a word or message relating to the subject.
10. This type of poetry has no set form - it is free from fixed patterns of rhyme or rhythm.
A. Blank verse B. Free style C. Free verse D. Spoken word
11. The comedy of poetry - this five-line poem is usually humorous, with the last line often delivering a
"punch line".
A. Limerick B. Epic C. Haiku D. Ode
12. A type of narrative poetry that tells a story - a long poem - that usually tells the story of a legend or
hero.
A. Limerick B. Epic C. Haiku D. Ode
13. Which is not an element of Prose?
A. character B. setting C. plot D. stanza
17. It can create a pattern because the word or phrase occurs more than once in a poem.
A. repetition B. assonance C. consonance D. refrain
18. What poetic form has a shape?
A. limerick B. concrete C. ode D. epic
19. Using parts to represent the whole is called ________________.
A. synecdoche B. metaphor C. metonymy D. hyperbole
20. Using a symbol to represent or stand for itself is called _________________.
A. synecdoche B. metaphor C. metonymy D. hyperbole
21. There once was a man from Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in a fright
In the middle of the night
And found it was perfectly true.