Poetic Techniques Quiz

What is alliteration?

• A series of words with the same consonant sound

• A series of words with the same vowel sound

• A series of words with the same soft consonant sounds

• The use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is assonance?

• A series of words with the same consonant sound

• A series of words with the same vowel sound

• A series of words with the same soft consonant sounds

• The use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is sibilance?

• A series of words with the same consonant sound

• A series of words with the same vowel sound

• A series of words with the same soft consonant sounds

• The use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is imagery?

• A series of words with the same consonant sound

• A series of words with the same vowel sound

• A series of words with the same soft consonant sounds

• The use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a metaphor?

• A series of words with the same consonant sound

• A series of words with the same vowel sound

• A series of words with the same soft consonant sounds

• When one object is described / compared to another unrelated object

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the term used to describe the personification of leaves in poetry?

• Full rhyme

• Half rhyme

• Internal rhyme

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is an example of a full rhyme?

• Escaped and scooped

• Milk and walk

• Cat and fat

• Stars and rise

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term used to describe the repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis?

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is an example of iambic pentameter?

• Shall I compare thee to a summer's day

• I'm feeling rather sleepy but I'm really not sure why

• To be or not to be

• The stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes

What is the term used to describe the use of punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry?

• Enjambment

• Cesura

• Couplet

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5