Poetry Vocabulary Quiz

What is a poem?

• A pattern of stressed syllables that create a BEAT

• A collection of words written to inspire ideas, imagination, or emotion

• A group of lines within a poem

• Words that create images that appeal to the senses

What does the term "Stanza" refer to in poetry?

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• The feeling the poet is trying to convey

• A group of lines within a poem

• The same sound or letter at the beginning of words or lines

What is the meaning of "Alliteration" in poetry?

• A pattern of stressed syllables that create a BEAT

• Lines or words that are repeated to stress importance

• The same sound or letter at the beginning of words or lines

• Words with the same ending sounds at the end of lines or stanzas

What does onomatopoeia mean?

• A collection of words written to inspire ideas, imagination, or emotion

• A word that imitates the sound it represents, like BUZZ or THUD

• Where each line of text ends

• The feeling the poet is trying to convey

What is the purpose of "Repetition" in poetry?

• To create a pattern of stressed syllables that create a BEAT

• To create images that appeal to the senses

• To use the same sound or letter at the beginning of words or lines

• To repeat lines or words to stress importance

Who is the author of a poem?

• Poet

• Stanza

• Poem

• Mood

Where each line of text ends?

• Line break

• Stanza

• Rhythm

• Poem

What is imagery?

• Words that create images that appeal to the senses.

• A word that imitates the sound it represents, like BUZZ or THUD.

• Lines or words that are repeated to stress importance.

• A group of lines in a poem.

Words with the same ending sounds at the end of the lines or stanzas?

• Rhyming words

• Line break

• Mood

• Poet

What is a pattern of stressed syllables that create a BEAT called?

• Rhythm

• Rhyming words

• Imagery

• Repetition