Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms

11th Grade

25 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Easy

CCSS
RL.9-10.10, RL.8.4, RL.11-12.3

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Created by

Rebecca Harbin

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

Personification

Allusion

Metaphor

Ballaed

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music.

Ballad

Free Verse

Imagery

Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A word’s dictionary definition.

Connotation

Meter

Assonance

Denotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The idea or feeling that people associate with a word; a word’s secondary meaning.

Denotation

Connotation

Rhythm

Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Also known a “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry. 

Consonance

Alliteration

Assonance

Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. These alike sounds can appear anywhere in the word, but will usually be found at its end or middle, or at the end of the stressed syllable.

Consonance

Assonance

Meter

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Refers to word choice

Denotation

Ballad

Meter

Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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