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Poetry Terms

Authored by Lianna Michael

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Poetry Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A group of lines in a poem

is called

stanza

paragraph

line break

form

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood

is called

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

is called

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound

is called

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of

two different things

using "like" or "as"

is called

metaphor

simile

personification

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that

offers an exaggerated

or extravagant statement

(that is not meant to be taken literally)

in order to highlight a point

is called

metaphor

simile

personification

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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