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Poetry Terms Test

Authored by Jessica Phillips

English

10th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Poetry Terms Test
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.

Assonance

Alliteration

Repetition

Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Metrical language; the opposite of prose.

Syntax

Rhyme

Rhythm

Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes.

Diction

Approximate rhyme

End Rhyme

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A group of lines whose metrical pattern (and usually its rhyme scheme) is repeated throughout a poem.

Stanza

Paragraph

Free Verse

Blank Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The repetition at close intervals of the vowel sounds of accented syllables or important words.

Alliteration

Consonance

Assonance

Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A fairly short narrative poem written in a songlike stanza form.

Ballad

Limerick

Haiku

Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Any fixed pattern of rhymes characterizing a whole poem or its stanzas.

Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme

Caesura

Refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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