
Poetry Terms Test

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6th - 8th Grade
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Stacy Daniels
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is metaphor?
exaggeration for effect
a comparison of unlike things without using like or as
a comparison of unlike things using like or as
repeition of intial consonant sound
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is alliteration?
repetition of initial consonant sounds
repetition of sounds at the end of words
repetition of vowel sounds in the words that are close together
a regular pattern of ryhming words in a poem
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a couplet?
a combination of contradictory words or phrases
a pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter
a statement that, while apparently self-contradictory, is nonetheless essentially true
a fourteen line lyric poem focused on a single theme
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is parallelism?
a story in which characters and events are symbols that stand for truths about human life
a word, phrase, or thing that stands for something beyond itself
the technique of showing that words, phrases, and clauses are comparbale in context and importance
use of words that imitate sounds
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an allegory?
a narrative poem that tells a simple and dramatic story that is usually intended to be sung
a fourteen line lyric poem focused on a single theme
a poem that expresses the poet's thoughts and feelings
a story in which the characters and events are aymbols that stand for truths about human life
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem?
rhyme scheme
refrain
rhythm
rhyme
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is onomatopoeia?
a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
use of words that imitate sounds
repetition of sounds at the end of words
a word, phrase, line or group of lines that is repeated regularly
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
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