Poetry Vocab Review

A paragraph of poetry is called a _______.

• line
• verse
• paragraph
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The beat of the poem is called ________.

• rhyme
• connotation
• rhythm
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The writer's attitude toward the subject or audience.

• rhythm
• theme
• tone
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The central idea/message/lesson of the poem--a generalization about human behavior.

• mood
• tone
• symbolism
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Identify the poetic device:

She sang somber songs on Saturdays.

• assonance

• alliteration

• rhyme

• repetition

Identify the poetic device:

I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor

A boa constrictor

A boa constrictor

I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor

- Shel Silverstein

• rhythm

• rhyme

• repetition

• alliteration

Identify the figurative language:
I felt like a fish out of water.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figurative language:
Her hair was a bird's nest of tangled locks.

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor 
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the figurative language:
The wind whistled through the trees.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

How many lines does a sonnet have?

• 14

• 10

• 21

• 3