Poetry Terms Quiz

When you tell someone what you want, what you really, really want is...

• Suggest

• Beg

• Advocate

• Demand

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

when a nonliving thing is given human traits

• figurative language

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

When an ANIMAL is given human traits:

• anthropomorphic

• hyperbole

• animalia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

"Her words were sharp like the winter wind" is an example of: (2 answers)

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• all are correct

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Narrative poems don't tell a story.

• False

• True

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a word that is also a sound

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which one these is NOT an idiom?

• Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers

• She ran as fast as the wind

• it's all downhill from there

• it was raining cats and dogs

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"I ran like the wind to catch the bus" is an example of:

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (like lines and stanzas).

• short story

• poetry

• prose

• drama

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem.

• revolution

• repetition

• rhyme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9