Name: ___________________
Mr. Good
Spring 2011
English I H
Poetry Test Review Sheet
Terminology (devices, forms & techniques) – For the poetry test next week, you should
be able to define each of these terms, not just match them to definitions. You should also
be able to identify these terms in selected poems on the test.
Diction
Syntax
Imagery
Symbolism
Denotation
Connotation
Meter
Rhyme
End Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Slant Rhyme
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Paradox
Personification
Pun
Alliteration
Assonance
Elision
Enjambment
Free Verse
Closed Form
Stanza
Blank Verse
Couplet
Quatrain
Sonnet
Iambic Pentameter
Anaphora
Ballad
Dramatic Monologue
Ekphrasis
Elegy
Epic
Haiku
Limerick
Ode
Name: ___________________
Mr. Good
Spring 2011
English I H
Poetry Schools/Movements – Study your notes from class. Questions on the test may
address general characteristics of the movement, major poets or poems, or the
chronology of some of the movements.
Beat Poetry
Concrete Poetry
Confessional Poetry
The Fireside Poets
Harlem Renaissance Poetry
Imagist Poetry
Metaphysical Poetry
Modernist Poetry
New Formalist Poets
Romantic Poets
Slam Poetry
Specific Poets – Review your class notes on these poets. You should be able to match the
poet to his or her poem(s) in the packet, to give a general description of the type of poetry
that this person composed, and to compare/contrast these poets with each other.
Robert Frost
Sylvia Plath
e.e. cummings
William Carlos Williams
Langston Hughes
TEST FORMAT
Identifications – I will give you a term, a movement or a poet. You will write just enough
to show me that you can identify it.
Multiple Choice & Matching – select the best possible answer.
Short Answer – answer 1-3 questions in no more than 4 complete sentences.
Essay – compose an organized analysis of a poem or poems.
*You will have the entire block period on Tuesday to take this exam. This should allow
you to create substantial analytical essays. Study hard!!!