Poetry Term Quiz

The pattern of ending sounds in a poem.

• similie

• alliteration

• Rhyme Scheme

• stanza

An indirect reference to something from history,  religion, literature, a brand name, or art.

• theme

• metaphor

• rhyme scheme

• Allusion

A comparison between two unlike things that continues through a series of sentences in a paragraph, or in multiple lines of a poem

• allusion

• extended metaphor

• simile

• metaphore

The use of an object to represent qualities or abstract ideas.

• symbolism

• theme

• metaphor

• alliteration

The message an author is trying to convey.

• symbolism

• allusion

• theme

• extended metaphor

A section of a poem. It is similar to a paragraph in prose writing.

• extended metaphor

• stanza

• alliteration

• rhyme scheme

The repetition of the initial sounds of words. They can be words that follow each other immediately or are near each other in a sentence

• alliteration

• metaphor

• allusion

• similie

A comparison that uses like or as to show how one thing is similar to another.

• allusion

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• simile

A comparison that does not use like or as; it says that one thing is another.

• metaphor

• simile

• extended metaphor

• allusion