Poetry Terminology Quiz

What is a line in the context of poetry?

• A group of words that rhyme at the end

• All the words on one line of a poem

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• The main theme of a poem

What defines a stanza in a poem?

• The main message conveyed by the poem

• A single line in a poem

• A group of lines separated by a white space, the "paragraphs" of a poem

• The rhyming pattern in a poem

What is rhythm in poetry?

• The length of a poem

• The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of each line

• The beat of a poem, the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is rhyme in poetry?

• The comparison between two things

• The pattern of similar sounding words in a poem (usually words with the same end sounds)

• The repetition of consonant sounds

• The overall mood of the poem

What is internal rhyme?

• Rhyme that occurs between two or more stanzas

• Words at the beginning of lines that rhyme

• Words inside the line of a poem rhyme

• A rhyme that is not easily noticeable

What is end rhyme?

• The first and last words of a poem rhyming

• Words at the end of several lines of a poem rhyme with each other

• A rhyme that occurs in the middle of a line

• The rhyme that occurs in the title of the poem

What is a rhyme scheme in poetry?

• A type of metaphor used in poems

• The pattern of end rhyme in a poem, where the first line is coded with A, the next end word that doesn't rhyme with A is coded B, etc.

• A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

• The pattern of end rhyme in a poem

• A type of metaphor used in poems

• A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

What is a metaphor?

• The pattern of end rhyme in a poem

• A type of rhyme scheme used in poems

• A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as", stating that something IS something else

What is an extended metaphor?

• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

• A direct comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things.

• A brief reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.