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Poetry Vocab

Authored by Kaila Dougher

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Poetry Vocab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. Ex: A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm

Alliteration

Allusion

Assonance

Consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

Symbol

Ballad

Stanza

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

Stanza

Meter

Rhythm

Tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

Verse

Enjambment

Theme

Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A story/narrative in poetic form.

Sonnet

Ballad

Diction

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.

Rhythm

Meter

Alliteration

Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.”

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

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