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POETRY DIAGNOSTIC TEST
PART A: DEFINITIONS - MUSICAL DEVICES
DIRECTIONS: Write the poetry term listed below in the appropriate blank.
Meter syllable rhyme rhyme scheme
refrain rhythm stanza alliteration
1. ______________________________ Small unit of spoken language which contains one vowel sound
2. ______________________________ Group of lines in a poem
3. ______________________________ Repeated line or group of lines
4. ______________________________ Pattern of rhyme
5. ______________________________ Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of poetry
6. ______________________________ Similarity of sound between words
7. ______________________________ Sense of movement or beat in a poem
8. ______________________________ Repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginnings of
words, in a line (ex. …meandering with a mazy motion)
PART B: DEFINITIONS - FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
DIRECTIONS: Write the poetry term listed below in the appropriate blank.
hyperbole metaphor imagery onomatopoeia
simile oxymoron personification
extended metaphor figurative language
9. ______________________________ Words which imitate real sounds (tick tock, bang, and slam)
10. ______________________________ Giving of human qualities to something that is not human
11. ______________________________ Comparison using like or as (During the race she ran like flash
of lightning.)
12. ______________________________ Extreme exaggeration

13. ______________________________ Comparison made without using like or as (During the race she
was a flash of lightning.)
14. ______________________________ Expressions that are not literally true
15. ______________________________ Words and phrases that appeal to a reader’s five senses
16. ______________________________ Comparison made between two things throughout a poem or
written piece
17. ______________________________ Phrase containing contradictory ideas (pretty ugly, living dead)
PART C: DEFINITIONS – TYPES OF POETRY
DIRECTIONS: Write the poetry term listed below in the appropriate blank.
lyric poetry epic prescribed verse narrative poetry
light verse ballad limerick free verse
18. ______________________________ Poetry with a clear story (plot)
19. ______________________________ Main character is a hero in this type of narrative poetry
20. ______________________________ Poetry which shows the feelings and emotions of one speaker
21. ______________________________ Poetry which follows rules of sound or language
22. ______________________________ Type of prescribed narrative poetry originally sung to music
and traditionally written in third person point of view
23. ______________________________ Poetry focusing on humor
24. ______________________________ Type of prescribed light verse
25. ______________________________ Poetry which does not follow obvious rules