Poetry Quiz

Poetry Quiz

Assessment

Passage

English

8th Grade

Medium

TEKS
ELA.7.9E, ELA.7.7, ELA.7.7A

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 2 pts

What is the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text called?

Alliteration

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Consonance

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E1.6

TEKS.ELA.E2.6

TEKS.ELA.E4.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 2 pts

What is a unified group of lines in poetry, often marked by spacing between sections of the poem?

Stanza

Verse

Ballad

Enjambment

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E

TEKS.ELA.E2.7B

TEKS.ELA.E3.7B

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 2 pts

What is the repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text?

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E

TEKS.ELA.E1.7B

TEKS.ELA.E2.7B

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What is a story or narrative in poetic form called?

Theme

Ballad

Symbol

Tone

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E

TEKS.ELA.E1.7B

TEKS.ELA.E2.7B

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What is the term for the central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader?

Theme

Tone

Symbol

Diction

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.7A

TEKS.ELA.8.7A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6A

TEKS.ELA.E2.6A

TEKS.ELA.RI.10B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What is the attitude the poem’s narrator takes towards a subject or character called?

Theme

Tone

Meter

Rhythm

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E

TEKS.ELA.E1.7B

TEKS.ELA.E3.7B

TEKS.ELA.LG.2L

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words such as "like" or "as"?

Simile

Metaphor

Symbol

Allusion

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E3.6

TEKS.ELA.E4.6

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