Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms

9th - 12th Grade

23 Qs

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Poetry Terms

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Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.9-10.10, RL.9-10.9, RL.8.10

+12

Standards-aligned

Created by

Amanda Dinnean

Used 48+ times

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23 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

 poetry written with a precise meter—almost always iambic pentameter—that does not rhyme

Limerick

Free Verse

Haiku

Blank Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse

tercet

epics

stanza

syllable

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

a nineteen line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain

villanelle

ode

Elegy

Cinquain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

meter

sestet

rhyme scheme

couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

a form of poetry that tells a story, such as "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"

Blank Verse

Free Verse

Epic

Narrative Poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

long, often book length, narrative, in verse that retells the heroic journey of a single person, such as Beowulf or Homer's The Odyssey

Blank Verse

Free Verse

Epic Poem

Narrative Poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together

couplet

tercet

quatrain

cinquain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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