Poetry Terms

A tongue twister uses ____

• Repetition

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

A poem's paragraphs are called ___

• stanzas

• verses

• lines

• refrains

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

"I cried a river over you" is an example of ___

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Rhyme scheme involves the repetition of similar sounds at the ____ of lines of poetry.

• beginning

• middle

• end

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

Imagery in poetry is language that appeals to ____

• sight

• sound

• all senses

• smell

• touch

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

All lines in a poem must end with punctuation.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The pattern of strong and weak beats, as well as pauses is called ___

• rhyme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Repetition in a poem refers to repeated ___

• rhyme

• vowels

• consonants

• words or phrases

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Personification gives ___

• human qualities to nonhuman things

• animal qualities to humans

• animal qualities to things

• human qualities to humans

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"The fire crackled and popped" is an example of ___

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5