Poetry Unit Vocabulary

Which of the following words mean a play on words?

• Alliteration

• Tone

• Pun

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which of the following words mean a group of lines in a poem?

• Stanza

• Quatrain

• Free Verse

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which of the following words mean a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• Allegory

• Characterization

• Pun

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Which of the following words mean a stanza in a poem made up of 4 lines?

• Quatrain

• Rhyme

• Prose

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Which of the following words mean the structure of a sentence?

• Diction

• Syntax

• Tone

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which of the following words mean repetition of sounds at the ends of words?

• Assonance

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which of the following words mean descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader?

• Extended Metaphor

• Imagery

• Personification

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following words mean poetry not written in a regular pattern of meter or rhyme?

• Free Verse

• Quatrain

• Iambic Pentameter

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which of the following words mean the use of words and imitate sounds?

• Oxymoron

• Prose

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which of the following words mean a type of figurative language where a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics?

• Assonance

• Personification

• Diction

• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D