Poetry Vocabulary

Poetry Vocabulary

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Poetry Vocabulary

Poetry Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.4, RL.8.4, L.4.5A

+36

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A group of lines in a poem

is called

stanza

paragraph

line break

form

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood

is called

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

is called

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound

is called

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called

rhyme

rhythm

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of

two different things

using "like" or "as"

is called

metaphor

simile

personification

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that

offers an exaggerated

or extravagant statement

(that is not meant to be taken literally)

in order to highlight a point

is called

metaphor

simile

personification

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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