Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms

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10 Qs

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Poetry Terms

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English

9th - 12th Grade

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Callie Shipley

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the rhythm, expression, pitch, and flow when we speak and read out loud?

Prosody

Free verse

Poetry

Meter

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is meter?

Words that sound alike with the same ending vowel and consonant sounds

A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

A person, place, or thing that represents an idea

The use of capital letters, line position and word length

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these contribute to the "shape" of the poem?

Sound devices

Graphic elements

Alliterations

Rhyme schemes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a sound device characterized by the repetition of consonant sounds?

Alphabetic

Assonance

Consonance

Sonnet

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

This is a lyric poem composed of fourteen lines, is usually written in iambic pentameter, and is organized in strict divisions of stanza division and rhyme.

Consonance

Sonnet

Hyperbole

Limerick

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Each line in poetry represents a complete thought.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the general term for methods like alliteration that are used by an author to emphasize specific sounds in poetry?

Figurative language

Rhyme scheme

Sound devices

Personification

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