Poetry Terms

Which word means a basic unit of poetry, similar to a sentence?

• acrostic

• line

• quatrain

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which word means lines that have a similar sound at the end of the line?

• rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word means a fixed number of lines of verse (poetry) forming a unit of a poem?

• diamante

• free verse

• acrostic

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which word means images that are created in the mind while reading or looking at art?

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which word means the formal arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem?

• imagery

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme

• quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word means a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as?

• metaphor

• acrostic

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which word means a comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another thing?

• metaphor

• simile

• quatrain

• line

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Which word means a group of four lines of verse (poetry)?

• free verse

• stanza

• quatrain

• acrostic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which word means a poem used to show the differences between two opposites and uses a specific pattern?

• diamante

• quatrain

• imagery

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which word means poems do not rhyme and sound like normal speech?

• free verse

• simile

• metaphor

• acrostic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D