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Poetry Terms

Authored by Callie Shipley

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Poetry Terms
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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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

Alphabetic

Assonance

Consonance

Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Each line in poetry represents a complete thought.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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