Poetry Quiz

A rhymed pair of lines in a poem.

• lyric poem
• internal rhyme
• couplet
• tone

When rhyming words come at the ends of the lines. The most common type of poetic rhyme.

• internal rhyme
• couplet
• stanza
• end rhyme

Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry.

• end rhyme
• lyric poem
• repetition
• internal rhyme

A poem that expresses the personal thought and feelings of a speaker.

• lyric poem
• couplet
• stanza 
• speaker

A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or entire line is repeated.

• speaker
• repetition
• tone
• stanza

A pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

• rhyme scheme
• tone
• end rhyme
• speaker

The "voice" of the poet or the invented character.

• tone
• speaker
• rhyme scheme
• lyric poem

A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.

• stanza
• end rhyme
• couplet
• tone

This shows the speaker's attitude toward his or her subject.

• speaker
• repetition
• rhyme scheme
• tone

In the poem we read this week, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" by Maya Angelou, the speaker uses lines such as "Mean old Mother Goose" as well as That new classroom where Boys all pull my hair". Who does this tell you the speaker likely is?

• an elderly woman
• the teacher of the classroom
• a young group of boys
• a little girl