Poetry Terms Quiz

What is a single metrical line called in poetry?

• Denotation

• Imagery

• Verse

• Rhyme

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a group of lines in a poem called ("paragraph")?

• Stanza

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Apostrophe

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A pair (2) of successive lines that rhyme and have the same meter is what?

• A tone

• A simile

• A personification

• A couplet

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CCSS.RL.7.4

The voice behind the poem is called the __________ ?

• Speaker

• Person

• Voice

• Harry

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

The poet's attitude towards the poem's speaker, reader, subject matter is called _______ ?

• Feelings

• Tone

• Thoughts

• Emotions

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Denotation is ?

• How something feels

• The literal meaning of the word

• The spelling of the word

• The color of the word

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Connotation is ?

• How the word feels

• The word's favorite food

• The length of the word

• The implied meaning of a word

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

_______ about an absent person, idea, or thing?

• Period

• Exclamation point

• Apostrophe

• Question mark

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Imagery uses the _____ senses to describe something.

• 17

• 5

• 3

• only smell

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

That cat is like a furry demon.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4