Poetry Vocab Quiz

What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Enjambment

Which term refers to a brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art?

• Ballad

• Symbol

• Allusion

• Stanza

What is a story or narrative in poetic form called?

• Ballad

• Free Verse

• Meter

• Tone

What is the term for the repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text?

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Enjambment

• Rhythm

What is the author's specific word choice called?

• Diction

• Theme

• Symbol

• Tone

What is the central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader?

• Tone

• Theme

• Symbol

• Rhythm

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

• Free Verse

• Ballad

• Meter

• Stanza

What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words such as 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbol

• Allusion

What is the measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line?

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Stanza

• Verse

What is a word that sounds like what it means, such as 'buzz' or 'click'?

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Enjambment