Poetry Vocabulary Quiz
Authored by Daniel Albers
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is "connotation"?
The dictionary definition of a word.
The origins of the word.
A word that means the same thing in two different languages.
The implied meaning of a word.
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
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is "diction"?
A writer's choice of words.
The feeling evoked by a piece of literature.
Alternative spellings of a word.
The structure of sentences.
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is "tone"?
The reader's attitude toward the text.
The author's attitude towards the subject and/ or reader.
The characters' attitude towards the situation of the story.
The type of story that it is (such as mystery, science fiction, or horror).
Tags
CCSS.L.3.3A
CCSS.L.4.3A
CCSS.L.5.3A
CCSS.L.6.3A
CCSS.L.6.3B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is "alliteration"?
Repeated consonant sounds within a word.
Repeated vowel sounds at the beginning of a word.
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of a word.
Repeated vowel sounds within a word.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is "assonance"?
Repeated consonant sounds within a word.
Repeated vowel sounds at the beginning of a word.
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of a word.
Repeated vowel sounds within a word.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is "consonance"?
Repeated consonant sounds within a word.
Repeated vowel sounds at the beginning of a word.
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of a word.
Repeated vowel sounds within a word.
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 • 5 pts
What is an "elegy"?
A speech given at a funeral in honor of the dead person.
A piece of literature carved on a gravestone.
A speech directly addressed to a dead person.
A sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual.
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
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