Poetry Terms Quiz

giving an animal or inanimate object human qualities or emotions

• personification
• meter
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

"Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August." This is an example of:

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

comparing two things without using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The wind whipped through the trees while I worked," is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• alliteration

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

• rhythm
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

language that communicates beyond the literal meaning of the words

• figurative language
• personification
• meter
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• meter
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

“I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless," is an example of:

• assonance

• consonance

• free verse

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning

• onomatopoeia
• stanza
• simile
• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4