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Poetry Vocab

Authored by Donald Fonda

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Poetry Vocab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Verse

Language written 

in poetic form: Poetry

Opposite of verse:

Language written in 

regular form (essay, novel, etc.)

A poem that tells a story.

The most widespread kind of poetry in which an individual speaker expresses what he or she feels, perceives , and thinks.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Prose

Language written 

in poetic form: Poetry

Opposite of verse:

Language written in 

regular form (essay, novel, etc.)

A poem that tells a story.

The most widespread kind of poetry in which an individual speaker expresses what he or she feels, perceives , and thinks.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Narrative Poetry

Language written 

in poetic form: Poetry

Opposite of verse:

Language written in 

regular form (essay, novel, etc.)

A poem that tells a story.

The most widespread kind of poetry in which an individual speaker expresses what he or she feels, perceives , and thinks.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lyric Poetry

Language written 

in poetic form: Poetry

Opposite of verse:

Language written in 

regular form (essay, novel, etc.)

A poem that tells a story.

The most widespread kind of poetry in which an individual speaker expresses what he or she feels, perceives , and thinks.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Open Form

A poem written with no distinctive patterns in sound, meter, or form.

A poem written according to strict rules: stanzas, rhyme scheme, meter, etc.

Limericks, sonnets, haiku, sestinas, villanelles, etc.

A grouping of lines to form a unit- the basic structure of a poem.

The person/voice 

speaking in the poem -

NOT the author of the poem

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Structured Form

A poem written with no distinctive patterns in sound, meter, or form.

A poem written according to strict rules: stanzas, rhyme scheme, meter, etc.

Limericks, sonnets, haiku, sestinas, villanelles, etc.

A grouping of lines to form a unit- the basic structure of a poem.

The person/voice 

speaking in the poem -

NOT the author of the poem

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stanza

A poem written with no distinctive patterns in sound, meter, or form.

A poem written according to strict rules: stanzas, rhyme scheme, meter, etc.

Limericks, sonnets, haiku, sestinas, villanelles, etc.

A grouping of lines to form a unit- the basic structure of a poem.

The person/voice 

speaking in the poem -

NOT the author of the poem

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

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