Poetry Vocabulary Quiz

Click on the correct definition below: RHYME

• words that imitate the sound they are naming

• the way the poem looks on the page

• a comparison that uses like or as

• words that have the same ending sound

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Click on the correct definition below: POET

• the way the poem looks

• the author of a poem

• a comparison that uses like or as

• a group of words on one line of a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Click on the correct definition below: ONOMATOPOEIA

• words that imitate the sound they are naming

• the author of a poem

• words that have the same ending sound

• a group of words on one line of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Click on the correct definition below: ALLITERATION

• the author of a poem

• when most of the words in a line or stanza have the same consonant sound at the beginning

• a comparison that uses like or as

• a group of words on one line of a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Click on the correct definition below: SIMILE

• the author of a poem

• when most of the words in a line or stanza have the same consonant sound at the beginning

• a comparison that uses like or as

• a group of words on one line of a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Click on the correct definition below: METAPHOR

• the author of a poem

• when most of the words in a line or stanza have the same consonant sound at the beginning

• a comparison that does not use like or as

• a group of words on one line of a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Click on the correct definition below: IDIOM

• a group of lines in a poem

• a phrase that means something other than what it actually says

• a comparison that does not use like or as

• exaggeration used for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Click on the correct definition below: HYPERBOLE

• a group of lines in a poem

• a phrase that means something other than what it actually says

• a comparison that does not use like or as

• exaggeration used for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Click on the correct definition below: LINE

• a group of lines in a poem

• the way the poem looks on the page

• a group of words on one line of a poem

• the author of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Click on the correct definition below: STANZA

• a group of lines in a poem

• the way the poem looks on the page

• a group of words on one line of a poem

• the author of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10