Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms

Assessment

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English

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.11-12.6, L.4.5, RI.9-10.4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

Metaphor

Allusion

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music.

Allusion

Metaphor

Ballad

Meter

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A word's dictionary definition

Denotation

Diction

Connotation

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The idea or feeling that people associate with a word; a word's secondary meaning.

Denotation

Connotation

Enjambment

Symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Also known as "vowel rhyme," is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.

Consonance

Hyperbole

Assonance

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. These alike sounds can appear anywhere in the word, but will usually be found at its end or middle, or at the end of the stressed syllable.

Assonance

Consonance

Alliteration

Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Refers to a word choice.

Denotation

Meter

Speaker

Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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