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Know the Poetry Lingo

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9th Grade

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Know the Poetry Lingo
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.

alliteration

consonance

assonance

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

euphamism

metaphor

symbol

enjambment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The measured arrangement of sounds or beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

meter

rhythm

rhyme

idiom

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

verse

stanza

paragraph

diction

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Two lines of poetry that have an AA rhyme scheme.

I will not eat green eggs and ham.

I will not eat them, Sam-I-Am!

Couplet

Quatrain

Euphamism

Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Four lines of poetry that have a rhyme scheme.

Couplet

Quatrain

Stanza

Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A story or narrative in poetic form. These were often sung.

Sonnet

Haiku

Free Verse

Ballad

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

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