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Poetry Terms Quiz

Authored by Elizabeth Alexander

English

9th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Poetry Terms Quiz
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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.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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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