Poetry Vocab Quiz

What is figurative language?

• Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to create special effects or feelings.

• A type of poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

• Descriptive language that creates pictures in the reader's mind.

• Techniques used in poetry to create sound patterns.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is free verse?

• A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

• A type of poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

• A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

• The main idea or message that a poem or story conveys.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does imagery do in writing?

• It creates sound patterns or effects.

• It creates pictures in the reader's mind by appealing to the senses.

• It compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

• It gives human qualities to nonhuman things.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a literary device?

• A person who writes poems.

• A form of literature that uses rhythm and sound.

• Techniques writers use to produce specific effects in their writing.

• The perspective from which a story is told.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison between two unlike things that does not use 'like' or 'as.'

• A group of lines in a poem.

• The unique style or tone of a writer.

• The main idea or message that a poem conveys.

What is personification?

• Giving human qualities to nonhuman things or ideas.

• A type of poetry without regular meter.

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as.'

• The perspective from which a story is told.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Who is a poet?

• A person who writes novels.

• A person who writes poems and creatively expresses thoughts and feelings.

• A person who creates sound patterns in poetry.

• A person who tells stories from a first-person perspective.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is poetry?

• A form of literature that uses rhythm, sound, and imagery to express ideas and emotions.

• A comparison between two unlike things.

• A group of lines in a poem.

• The main idea or message that a poem conveys.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is point of view?

• The unique style or tone of a writer.

• The perspective from which a story is told.

• Techniques used to create sound patterns.

• A comparison between two unlike things.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is a simile?

• A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

• A group of lines in a poem.

• The main idea or message that a poem conveys.

• The unique style or tone of a writer.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4