Poetry Terms Practice

What are lines in the context of poetry?

• Units of meaning that organize the lines of a poem.

• Groups of words in a poem.

• A line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem.

• The repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words.

What are stanzas in poetry?

• Groups of words in a poem.

• Units of meaning that organize the lines of a poem.

• A line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem.

• The repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words.

What is rhyme in poetry?

• The repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words.

• The rhythmic pattern in a poem.

• Units of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

What is denotation?

• Consists of ideas and feelings that the word brings to mind.

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

• Literal, dictionary definition.

• The repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words.

What is a metaphor?

• Describes one thing as if it were something else.

• Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• Uses like or as to compare two apparently unlike things.

• Anything that represents something else.

What is a simile?

• Describes one thing as if it were something else.

• Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• Uses like or as to compare two apparently unlike things.

• Anything that represents something else.

What is a symbol in figurative language?

• Describes one thing as if it were something else.

• Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• Uses like or as to compare two apparently unlike things.

• Anything that represents something else.

Which sound device involves the use of any element of language more than once?

• Repetition

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

What is the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables called?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

What is the use of words that imitate sounds called?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia