ELA 3: Poetic Devices & Terms

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds

• The repetition of vowel sounds

• A brief and indirect reference

• A stop or pause in a metrical line

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which term describes the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines?

• Assonance

• Anaphora

• Apostrophe

• Elegy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a ballad?

• A Japanese verse form

• A narrative song passed down orally

• A poem without rhyme scheme

• A poem expressing sorrow

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

Define blank verse.

• A poem without rhyme or meter

• Poetry with a specific meter but no rhyme

• A pair of rhyming lines

• A single metaphor used throughout a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which term refers to a stop or pause in a metrical line?

• Enjambment

• Caesura

• Consonance

• Foot

What is consonance?

• The repetition of vowel sounds

• The repetition of consonant sounds

• The continuation of a sentence beyond a line

• A song or poem expressing sorrow

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a couplet?

• A pair of rhyming lines

• A poem without a specific rhyme scheme

• A brief and indirect reference

• A Japanese verse form

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

Define elegy.

• A poem expressing joy

• A poem expressing sorrow

• A poem with a specific meter

• A poem without any rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is end rhyme?

• Rhyme within a single line

• Rhyme that occurs at the end of a line

• A continuation of a sentence without pause

• The repetition of consonant sounds

Which term describes the continuation of a sentence beyond a line?

• Assonance

• Enjambment

• Ballad

• Free verse