Poetry Terms

The emotional effect that something has on a reader is known as...

• Apostrophe

• Denotation

• Mood

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What term is being used?

"The wind sighed softly in the trees."

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The play Romeo and Juliet uses stars throughout the play when referencing fate, one of the themes of the play. What term does this illustrate?

• Motif

• Couplet

• Apostrophe

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Mrs. Lorenger's room turned into an oven when the air conditioner broke in September. <--This is a(n) _______________________.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the novel The Fault in Our Stars, the main character quotes a Shakespeare play. What device is being used?

• Consonance

• Paradox

• Simile

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What device is being used here? -- "Once I pondered weak and weary..."

• Consonance

• Stanza

• Assonance

• Internal Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What device is determined by diction, imagery, and point of view?

• Apostrophe

• Symbolism

• Rhyme Scheme

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Name that device! "I'm going insane in the brain!"

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• POV

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The movie title Freaky Friday is an example of ____________.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My house is like a zoo!

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D