Poetry and Figurative Language Quiz

A group of lines together in a poem, separated by spaces.

• Stanza

• Lines

• Free Verse

• Rhyme Scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

This type of figurative language is a comparison that uses the word "like" or as".

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This type of poem has no rules.

• Haiku

• Humorous

• Free Verse

• Concrete

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

When words or phrases are repeated in a poem, this is called________?

• repetition

• rhyme

• mood

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

This is known as the "beat" of the poem, created by the syllables.

• Mood

• Rhyme Scheme

• Meter

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

A poem that is funny.

• Haiku

• Lyrical

• Humorous

• Cinquain

What type of figurative language is this?

"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"

• idiom

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This type of figurative language is when the same beginning sound is repeated.

• rhyme

• repetition

• alliteration

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Words that have the same ending sound, often found at the end of a line in a poem.

• rhyme

• alliteration

• mood

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This type of figurative language is when words mimic sounds.

• rhyme

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5