Lesser known poetry terms

Lesser known poetry terms

11th Grade

8 Qs

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Lesser known poetry terms

Lesser known poetry terms

Assessment

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English

11th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.9-10.4, RL.2.4, RL.11-12.4

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

2 mins • 5 pts

Match the following to their definitions

Repetition in reverse order.

Synecdoche

Addressing an object, or absent person.

Litotes

Understatement/ Negating the opposite

End-Stopped

The thought ends at the end of the line.

Apostrophe

When a part stands for the whole.

Chiasmus

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

2.

MATCH QUESTION

2 mins • 5 pts

Match the following terms to their definitions

When the idea continues to the next line

Anaphora

A pause within a line

Elision

Repetition at the beginning of 2x lines

Enjambment

Omission of an unstressed syllable

Metonymy

When a related term stands for the idea.

Caesura

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

My poetry class is not untalented.

This is an example of

Syencdoche

Enjambment

Anaphora

Litotes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Under the sea swim fishes

Under the sea lurk sharks

Under the sea speed starfish

This is an example of

metonymy

end-stopped

chiasmus

anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Metonymy

Chiasmus

Elision

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Whether 'tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

What is this an example of?

Elision

Litotes

Synecdoche

Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

That poor woman has so many mouths to feed. She spends all day in the kitchen.

Synecdoche

Chiasmus

End-stopped

Elision

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Litotes

Chiasmus

Enjambment

Anaphora