Description
This resource includes a comprehensive Poetry Assessment designed for upper middle school ELA students in 7th, 8th, or 9th grade. You’ll receive a printable PDF version for easy classroom use, an editable Word document for customization, and a detailed answer key to support grading and review.
The assessment is thoughtfully structured to evaluate students’ understanding of poetry terminology, sound devices, figurative language, and close reading skills. Students demonstrate their knowledge through a variety of question types that assess both recall and deeper analysis.
Students complete fill-in-the-blank questions with a word bank, matching questions focused on poem types, sound devices, and figurative language, and a poetry analysis of two classic poems: “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale and “Nature” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. For each poem, students answer multiple-choice questions that assess comprehension and interpretation. The assessment concludes with a constructed response in which students write a fully developed paragraph comparing the themes of both poems. In total, the test includes 35 questions, providing a well-rounded measure of student understanding.
This poetry assessment covers essential academic and literary vocabulary, including rhythm, mood, theme, poem, tone, allusion, imagery, rhyme, narrative poem, lyrical poem, haiku, acrostic poem, limerick, free verse, repetition, alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, idiom, simile, metaphor, and symbolism. These terms align well with middle school poetry standards and classroom instruction.
Perfect for unit assessments, benchmarks, or test prep, this middle school poetry test offers flexibility, rigor, and clarity while giving teachers the tools they need to assess poetry skills with confidence.