Poetry Terms Review Game

The pattern of end rhyme in a poem is called _________________ and is labeled using letters of the alphabet.

• rhyme pattern

• rhyme organization

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme form

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

A ______________ is a comparison of unrelated things that does NOT use like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Poems are told through a voice called the

• narrator

• speaker

• author

• talker

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Lines are grouped together into

• stanzas

• paragraphs

• chunks

• sections

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• the repetition of vowel sounds within words

• alliteration

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words

• rhyme scheme

• when the meaning of the word is reflected in its sound

• onomatopoeia

• the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem

• consonance

• the repetition of consonant sounds within words

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?

• a)  Poet

• b)  Speaker

• c)  Stanza

• d)  Lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The way a poem is arranged on the page is called its

• arrangement

• organization

• style

• form

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Poetry without a regular pattern is called

• a sonnet

• an acrostic

• free verse

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

_______________ is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words such as cat and hat.

• rhythm

• rhyme

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

_______________ is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a poem.

• form

• style

• stanza

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5