FTC Poetry 101 Vocabulary

FTC Poetry 101 Vocabulary Review

How much do you know?

Multiple Choice

Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern or meter.

• Epic

• Free Verse

• Echo Verse

• Cinquain

Multiple Select

A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two things.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Rhyme

Multiple Choice

The use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word.

• Assonance

• Allusion

• Animosity

• Alliteration

What type of poem is this?

Name this type of poetry...

Word technique used here?

Multiple Choice

Repetition of sounds at the ends of words

• simile

• rhyme

• meter

• consonance

Multiple Choice

Lines grouped into logical sections of ideas, like paragraphs in an essay

• stanza

• rhyme scheme

• elegy

• meter

Multiple Choice

How poets create word pictures for readers using vivid language that appeals to the five senses and is used to enhance the meaning of a poem.

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Imagery

• Repetition

What kind of poem is this?

Multiple Choice

Type of formal poem reflecting on death or another serious theme.

• Free verse

• Limerick

• Elegy

• Villanelle

What kind of poem is this?

Multiple Choice

A passing reference or indirect mention

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

• allusion

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2 syllable metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

• onomatopoeia

• iamb

• simile

• couplet

What kind of poem

is this?

Multiple Choice

A long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet and usually tells an intense and exciting story.

• Villanelle

• Epic

• Ode

• Sonnet

These are all examples of what?