Poetry Terms Quiz
Authored by Elizabeth Alexander
English
9th - 11th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
An extreme exaggeration for effect is called:
Hyperbole
Personification
Connotation
Free Verse
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Making a creative comparison that is not literally true or portraying a person place or thing as being something else is called a:
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A pattern of rhyme at the end of lines in a poem (measured with letters -- ABC, etc) is called a:
Free Verse
Rhyme Scheme
Connotation
Stanza
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Giving human-like characteristics or human actions to objects, animals or ideas is called:
Alliteration
Tone
Imagery
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Using the words "like" or "as" or another connective word to compare one thing to another in a creative and indirect way is called a:
Metaphor
Simile
Stanza
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Normal writing -- all grammar rules apply would be considered:
Free Verse
Rhyme Scheme
Prose
Connotation
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Words that make a sound is called:
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Tone
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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