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Poetry Terminology

Authored by Katie Fletcher

English

10th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Poetry Terminology
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is caesura?

a verse in a poem.

comparing two things

a brief pause

repetition of a vowel sound

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is this an example of?

'I remember when you...'

Choose 2 answers.

direct address

personal pronoun

adjective

adverb

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

comparing two things

comparing two things using like or as

comparing two things saying something 'is' something else

saying something is amazing

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a simile?

saying it is not real

the opposite of something

saying something is different

comparing two things saying something is 'like' something else

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is enjambment?

where one line is close to another

where the structure of a poem is unusual

when one line runs on from another in a poem

a full stop at the end of a line

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why might enjambment be used in a poem? Choose 2.

to create fluidity in a poem

to change an idea from one line to the next

to make it rhyme

to make something obvious

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is anaphora?

repeating a sound

repeating a letter

repeating a sequence of words/phrases

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

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