What is Poetry Quiz

What is the definition of a stanza?

• A paragraph in a poem

• A type of rhyme

• A type of metaphor

• A musical quality in a poem

What is the definition of alliteration?

• Repetition of the beginning consonant sound of words

• Words that end with the same or similar sounds

• The beat or musical quality to poems

• Giving non-human objects human behaviors or emotions

What is the definition of rhyme?

• Repetition of the beginning consonant sound of words

• Words that end with the same or similar sounds

• The beat or musical quality to poems

• Giving non-human objects human behaviors or emotions

What is the definition of meter?

• Repetition of the beginning consonant sound of words

• The basic rhythmic structure of a poem

• The beat or musical quality to poems

• Giving non-human objects human behaviors or emotions

What is the definition of couplet?

• A paragraph in a poem

• Two lines usually of similar rhyme and meter

• A type of metaphor

• A musical quality in a poem

What is the definition of rhythm?

• Repetition of the beginning consonant sound of words

• Words that end with the same or similar sounds

• The beat or musical quality to poems

• Giving non-human objects human behaviors or emotions

What is the definition of onomatopoeia?

• A word that is written based on an associated word

• Comparing two ideas that are not normally compared by saying one is the other

• Giving non-human objects human behaviors or emotions

• Repetition of the beginning consonant sound of words

What is the definition of metaphor?

• A word that is written based on an associated word

• Comparing two ideas that are not normally compared by saying one is the other

• Giving non-human objects human behaviors or emotions

• Repetition of the beginning consonant sound of words

What is the definition of personification?

• A word that is written based on an associated word

• Comparing two ideas that are not normally compared by saying one is the other

• Giving non-human objects human behaviors or emotions

• Repetition of the beginning consonant sound of words

What is the definition of an elegy?

• A sad poem that addresses the death of a person or thing

• A three-lined poem with a specific syllable count

• A type of rhyme

• A type of metaphor