Poetry terms review

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word called?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison between two dissimilar items using 'like' or 'as' is known as a ______.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbol

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an internal rhyme?

• A rhyme within a single line of poetry

• A rhyme at the end of a line

• A rhyme between two different poems

• A rhyme that does not exist.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Fill in the blank: End rhyme occurs in the _______ words of lines of poetry.

• first

• middle

• final

• random

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an allusion in literature?

• A direct statement

• A reference to another piece of literature

• A type of rhyme

• A poetic device that creates rhythm.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Who is the speaker in a poem?

• The author

• A created identity

• The reader

• The publisher

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Fill in the blank: Tone is the narrator’s _______ toward the subject of the poem.

• emotion

• attitude

• confusion

• indifference

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the mood of a poem?

• The poem's structure

• The predominant feeling created by the poem

• The rhyme scheme

• The length of the poem.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blank: A couplet consists of two lines of poetry that _______.

• do not rhyme

• rhyme

• are unrelated

• are in different languages.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• An exaggeration for effect

• A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

• Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

Answer explanation

A metaphor is a direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as', making it different from a simile which uses those words for comparison.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3