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Poetry Terms and Concepts

Authored by LYNDA BLY

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Poetry Terms and Concepts
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What distinguishes poetry from prose?

Poetry is written in lines and stanzas, but prose is written in sentences and paragraphs.

Poetry always rhymes, but prose does not.

Poetry is fiction, but prose is always nonfiction.

There is no difference between poetry and prose.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What is the term for poetry that DOESN'T rhyme?

prose

free verse

figurative poetry

poetic verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which one of these types of poetic language is NOT a sound device?

onomatopoeia

alliteration

repetition

imagery

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What is the term for FOUR lines of poetry that have a rhyming pattern?

a triad

a couplet

a quatrain

none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

When two or more lines of poetry have the same end sound, they....

are alliteration

rhyme

create free verse

none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

"Shrill sounds the siren horn." The underlines sounds create....

rhyme

onomatopoeia

alliteration

imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Sad, mysterious, and joyful are all possible examples of...

a poem's theme

a poem's tone

a poem's main idea

none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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