Poetry Terms

Which term means a group of lines in a poem?

• Stanza

• Couplet

• End rhyme

• sonnet

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which term means a two line stanza?

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Alliteration

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which term means the pattern of end rhyme in a poem?

• Slant rhyme

• Internal rhyme

• Rhyme scheme

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which term means the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which term means the repetition of consonant sounds inside or at the end of words?

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which term means the repetition of vowel sounds in words?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which term means a word that imitates the sound it represents?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which term means a 14 line poem that follows a set meter and rhyme scheme?

• Free verse

• Blank verse

• Haiku

• Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which term means an extreme exaggeration?

• Synecdoche

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What words do you look at to find out the rhyme scheme?

• The very first word in each line

• The middle word in each line

• The very last word in each line

• The last word in every other line

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4