Grade 10 Elements of Poetry

The way a poem is laid out on the page

is called

• stanza

• line break

• paragraph

• form

Most poetry is arranged in lines. Lines are

• grouping of words only when used in a complete sentence

• groupings of words whether or not a complete sentence

• student responses

• challenging to explain

The rhyme scheme is the

• units of stressed syllables at the end of the lines

• nonrhyming stanzas at the end of the lines

• pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines

Imagery in poetry or in writing is_______________________.

• bandwagon

• loaded language

• vivid language that appeals to the five senses

• dull language that does not appeal to the five senses

A group of lines separated by a space is referred to as a ________________.

• stanzas

• random order

• alphabetical order

• paragraphs

A direct comparison of two unlike things

that does NOT use like or as

is called______________________.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

A figure of speech that

gives human-like characteristics

to an abstract idea

or non-human thing

is called______________________.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

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

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

A comparison of

two different things

using "like" or "as"

is called____________________.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called_________________.

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• alliteration