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Poetry Terms Assessment
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English
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7th - 8th Grade
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Francesca Cortese
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20 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What do we call a poem mourning the dead?
An elegy
An epic
A sonnet
A ballad
An ode
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
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