Department of Education of Puerto Rico Juan Ponce de Len Bilingual School Value: points______ English 9 grade: Mr.

Bonkosky / Mr. Morales Name: ______________________________________________ Group: ______________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________________ Poetry Elements Test I. Match the literary terms below with their definitions or examples: (Value: 10 points). 1. Personification ________ 2. Alliteration ________ 3. Metaphor ________ 4. Simile ________ 5. Onomatopoeia ________ 6. Hyperbole ________ 7. Rhyme ________ 8. Refrain _________ 9. Imagery _________ 10. Free verse _________ A. The phone goes ring, ring! B. a comparison between two things that does not use the words like or as. C. Great waves looked over others coming in. D. a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words. E. An exaggeration to make a point. F. The repetition of the ending sounds of words. G. She ran like the wind. H. vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted. I. A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem. J. Unlike metered poetry, free verse poetry does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

II. Identify the figurative language in the following lines from the poems Beowulfand Casey at the Bat: (Value: 14 points)

1. There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place;

There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on Casey's face. ___________________, ____________________, ____________________, ___________________. Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt; Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt ___________________, ____________________, ____________________, ___________________. "Kill him! Kill the umpire!" shouted someone on the stand; ___________________. From Beowulf: Might think less of me if I let my sword/Go where my feet were afraid to, ___________________. From Beowulf: Dripping with enemies blood. I drove___________________. From Beowulf: Have brought us stories of Herot, the best Of all mead-halls, deserted and useless when the moon Hangs in skies the sun had lit, ___________________. Light and life fleeing together. ___________________. From Beowulf: my hands / Alone shall fight for me, ___________________.

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III. Fill in the blanks of the next sentences using the word cloud: (Value: 10 points) Limerick Haiku Ballad triangle diamond Cinquian Mock Epic poem Lyric Concrete Poem

Alliteration

Epic poem

Narrative poem

1. Expresses an emotion or an idea, or describes a scene and are often musical:

___________________. 2. An old quiet pond- / Frog splashes into water / Breaking the silence. ___________________. 3. Is a songlike poem that tells a story, often a sad or love story. ___________________.

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What style of poem is Casey at the Bat? ___________________. A five line poem containing 22 syllables. ___________________. Is a seven-line poem that forms a ___________________ shape. Lazy leaping lizards like liking luscious lollypops. ___________________. The words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem: ___________________. 9. A is a five line poem, with a rhyme scheme AABBA. They are usually funny or silly. ___________________. 10. A poem that tells a story. ___________________.

Your eyes are like a million fires ________________________________________ burning with a great desire ________________________________________ Your mind is a climbing wire ________________________________________ with every reach you go higher ________________________________________

Bonus: (Value: 3 points) IV. Determine the rhyme scheme of the poem using letters of alphabet (ex. A, B, etc.), and write them directly to the right of each line. Then underline the examples figurative language like personification, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor or simile, found in some lines-verses. Write the figurative language in the corresponding line: (Value 24 points) 1. What you think about the Debate activity as a review for the exam? What you enjoy about it and what not?

(Untitled) - Anonymous A hand is like an open basket ________________________________________ waiting for you to put things in ________________________________________ A foot is as a walking racket ________________________________________ stomp, step, skip, jump in. ________________________________________ A nose is like the tallest mound ________________________________________ that you can climb and then slide down ________________________________________ A mouth is a funny clown ________________________________________ which makes us laugh and never frown ________________________________________ 2. What we can do next time in order to improve the Debate activity?