Poetry Terms Quiz

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds called?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which term refers to a reference to another work of literature, person, or event?

• Elegy

• Ballad

• Allusion

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the repetition of vowel sounds known as?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas called?

• Elegy

• Ballad

• Lyric Poetry

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

What is unrhymed iambic pentameter known as?

• Free Verse

• Blank Verse

• Couplet

• Narrative Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

What is the repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity called?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

What are two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme called?

• Couplet

• Stanza

• Verse

• Quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

What is a sad or mournful poem called?

• Elegy

• Ballad

• Lyric Poetry

• Narrative Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme called?

• Free Verse

• Blank Verse

• Lyric Poetry

• Narrative Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

What are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally called?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A