Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms

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14 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.7.4, RI.5.10, RL.7.10

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Joleen Easley

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The way a poem is laid out on a page is called....

Stanza

Line Break

Paragraph

Form

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A group of lines in a poem is called....

Stanza

Line Break

Paragraph

Form

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

Q. It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

How many STANZAS does the poem have?

This poem has 1 stanza

This poem has 2 stanzas

This poem has 4 stanzas

This poem has 8 stanzas.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

Q. It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

How many LINES in the poem above?

This poem has 1 line

This poem has 2 lines

This poem has 4 lines

This poem has 8 lines

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables is called...

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound is called...

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of words that vividly describe a sound (the word mimics the sound) so that readers can clearly "hear" them is called...

rhyme

rhythm

onomotopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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