Poetric Terms

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best example of alliteration?

• Waves crashed over the rocks on the beach.

• The man clapped his hands audibly.

• Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Fill in the Blanks

I do not like them Sam I Am, I do not like green eggs and ham!

The repeated vowel here is [A / E / I / O / U] Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

Draw

Draw the imagery that you picture from these words:

"I threw a stone at the stars but the whole sky fell"

Multiple Choice

The following is an example of which device?

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—"

• Internal rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Free Verse

• Consonance

Fill in the Blanks

"The trees danced and swayed in the hurricane winds."

This excerpt is an example of when a non-human object is given human qualities, also known as what? Type the term.

Multiple Choice

What was the rhyme scheme?

• A B A B

• A B B A

• A B C D

• A A B B

Multiple Choice

1. 1. But thy eternal summer shall not fade

   Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,

   Nor shall Death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,

   When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st.

2. 2. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

   So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Number 1 is an example of...

• free verse

• stanza

• couplet

• personification

Multiple Select

1. 1. But thy eternal summer shall not fade

   Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,

   Nor shall Death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,

   When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st.

2. 2. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

   So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Number 2 is an example of...

• free verse

• stanza

• couplet

• end rhyme