Poetry Terms Assessment

What do we call a specific type of lyric poem that is always fourteen lines long and usually has a particular type of meter?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What do we call a poem mourning the dead?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What do we call long, lyric poems that were traditionally written to celebrate a famous person or a lofty idea?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What do we call long narrative poems, originally passed down by word of mouth, that tell about heroes who embody the values of the culture recounting the tale?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What do we call a song or song-like poem that tells a story and usually has a regular, steady rhythm, a simple rhyme pattern, and a refrain?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What do we call it when a word imitates the sound that it represents?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What do we call a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do we call a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do we call language that appeals to the senses?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do we call a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, attitudes, or characteristics?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4