Poetry Quiz 2025

What is a stanza?

• A single word

• A group of lines separated with a space

• A punctuation mark

• A type of poem

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a couplet?

• A 3 line stanza

• A 4 line stanza

• A 2 line stanza

• A 5 line stanza

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a line break?

• A punctuation mark

• A poetic device used at the end of a line

• A type of stanza

• A rhyme scheme

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What does a narrative poem tell?

• A rhyme

• A story

• A stanza

• A line

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Where did Haiku originate?

• China

• Japan

• Korea

• India

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a sonnet?

• A 10 line poem

• A 14 line poem

• A 12 line poem

• A 16 line poem

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is an ode?

• A poem to tell a story

• A poem to express emotion

• A poem to celebrate or praise someone or something

• A poem to describe nature

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a quatrain?

• A stanza of exactly four lines

• A stanza of exactly three lines

• A stanza of exactly two lines

• A stanza of exactly five lines

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is figurative language?

• Writing that is meant to be taken literally

• Writing that is not meant to be taken literally

• Writing that is always factual

• Writing that is always fictional

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does imagery help to create?

• A literal picture

• A mental picture

• A factual statement

• A simple sentence

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4