Poetry Terms

What is the term for a single line of poetry?

• Line

• Verse

• Stanza

• Poem

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art is

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Enjambment

• Consonance

Term: a word that sounds like what it means.

• Ballad

• Symbol

• Onomatopoeia

The author's specific word choice-is called

• Assonance

• Diction

• Rhythm

• Tone

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

Term: The measured arrangement of sounds/ beats in a poem. This can include placement of emphasis and syllables per line.

• Free Verse

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Meter

What is an object or action that does more than its literal meaning?

• Symbol

• Enjambment

• Metaphor

A story/ narrative in poetic form is

• Ballad

• Free Verse

• Theme

• Stanza

What is the central meaning or lesson in a poem?

• Verse

• Rhythm

• Theme

• Tone

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter is

• Assonance

• Free Verse

• Allusion

• Theme