Poetry Mini-Unit Vocabulary

Choose the correct word that fits this definition:

unconquerable; not able to be captured

• impregnable

• millennial

• abysmal

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The fortress was ​ (a)   to the attacking army.

• impregnable
• millennial
• diffused
• abysmal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does "consonance" mean?

• Repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity within a phrase or sentence.
• The absence of any sounds in a phrase or sentence.
• Repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity within a phrase or sentence.
• The use of only one consonant sound throughout a phrase or sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I cracked open the blank lock" is an example of:

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• an annoying sentence Mrs. Roessner made as an example

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is "assonance"?

• The repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words.
• The use of onomatopoeia in writing.
• The absence of any sound in a piece of writing.
• The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is this an example of?

"Sweet cheeks! Please may I eat ice cream?"

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In what part of the word does alliteration always occur?

• Random
• End
• Middle
• Beginning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Sally sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of:

• Assonance

• Consonance
• Alliteration
• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does "abysmal" mean?

• Spread out

• Uncomfortable

• Bottomless, too deep for measurement

• Horribly bad

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I pushed him into an ​ (a)   hole so that he couldn't get out and bother me anymore!

• abysmal
• diffused
• monotonously

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4