Poetry Vocabulary

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English
•
8th Grade
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Hard
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Margaret Anderson
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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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