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Poetry Test — High School Assessment & Answer Key (Includes Editable Copy)

Description

This resource includes a Poetry Assessment for high school students (9th-12th grade ELA). You will receive a printable PDF copy of the test as well as an EDITABLE word document in case you would like to make modifications. A detailed answer key is also included!

The format of this test includes:

  • 10 fill-in-the-blank questions with a word bank
  • 8 matching questions with poem types
  • 5 matching questions with sound devices
  • 7 matching questions with figurative language
  • A poetry analysis of two poems: “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the Sonnet “Death, be not proud” by John Donne.
  • Students will answer 5 multiple choice questions regarding each poem
  • 1 constructed response where students will compare the themes of each poem in a minimum of two fully developed paragraphs

(41 questions in total including the written response)

The Poetry Test covers the following literary terms:

rhythm
mood
theme
poem
tone
speaker
allusion
symbol
imagery
rhyme
narrative poem
lyrical poem
free verse
sonnet
villanelle
ballad
ode
elegy
alliteration
assonance
consonance
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole
idiom
simile
metaphor
paradox
oxymoron
theme

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