Poetry Terms Quiz

giving an animal or inanimate object human qualities or emotions

• personification
• meter
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

using extreme exaggeration to make a point

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

comparing two things without using "like" or "as"

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza

• rhyme scheme
• meter
• stanza
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

• rhythm
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

the recurrence of a rhythmic pattern in poetry

• meter
• rhythm
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• meter
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning

• onomatopoeia
• stanza
• simile
• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

a division of a poem based on thought or form

• stanza
• meter
• rhythm
• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5