Poetry Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

"The Giver" by Lois Lowry is a poem.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The speaker is ALWAYS the same person as the poet.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A stanza is made up of lines, but a line cannot be made up of stanzas.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A refrain is the same thing as a chorus.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Poems ALWAYS have to rhyme.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme in this poem?

• ABBC

• AABB

• AABC

• ABBA

Multiple Choice

A metaphor uses the words LIKE or AS.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The following sentence is a simile; the water sparkled like a diamond.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers is alliteration.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Try your best to recreate this poem with your own words!