Poetry Terms

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English
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9th Grade
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Maria Vasiliou
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A pair of lines in poetry with the same meter, and they rhyme
prologue
couplet
Iambic Pentameter
sonnet
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The contrast between reality, and what seems to be real; the audience has info the characters don't have
oxymoron
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A pattern in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable; five times per line; rhythm of your heart
iambic pentameter
couplet
sonnet
soliloquy
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a long speech said by one character
prologue
oxymoron
monologue
soliloquy
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a figure of speech where elements appear to be contradictory, ex. jumbo shrimp, organized mess, living dead
sonnet
prologue
dramatic irony
oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An opening to a story that establishes the background with context and details
soliloquy
prologue
tragedy
monologue
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
fourteen line poem, written in iambic pentameter, and the last two lines are a rhyming couplet
monologue
oxymoron
prologue
sonnet
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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