
Poetry Terms Review
Authored by HEATHER ROYER
English
8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
The repetition of consonant sounds,
but not vowels, in a chunk of text.
Ex: A worm named Maurice took the
garden by storm.
Consonance
Diction
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
An object or action that means
something more than its literal
meaning.
Tone
Theme
Symbol
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
The measured arrangement of
sounds/beats in a poem, including
the poet’s placement of emphasis
and the number of syllables per line.
Meter
Rhyme
Rhythm
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
A unified group of lines in poetry.
This is often marked by spacing
between sections of the poem.
Stanza
Paragraph
Verse
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
A story/narrative in poetic form.
Ballad
Free Verse
Lyrical
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed
sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds
are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be
fast or slow, choppy or smooth.
Meter
Rhythm
Enjambment
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
The repetition of vowel sounds in a
chunk of text.
Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.”
consonance
assonance
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
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