What is the definition of 'rhyme'?

The repetition of sounds at the ends of words (as in sun and one).

The repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words (as in sun and song).

The use of vivid and descriptive language.

The repetition of vowel sounds (as in rain and mainly).

What is a 'rhyme scheme'?

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem.

What is a 'slant rhyme'?

A rhyme formed with words with similar but not identical sounds (also called a near-rhyme). Examples: swarm and worm, or grace and ways.

A rhyme that uses identical sounds at the end of each line.

A rhyme that uses alliteration to create a musical effect.

A rhyme that uses words with completely different sounds.

What is 'rhythm' in poetry?

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.

The use of rhyme at the end of each line.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

The use of metaphor and simile in a poem.

What is 'meter' in poetry?

A poetic device used for rhyme.

What is alliteration?

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Use of words that imitate sounds.

A figure of speech involving exaggeration.

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

Repetition in vowel sounds in words that don’t end with the same consonant.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

A type of rhyme where the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not.

The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe.

What is onomatopoeia?

The use of words that imitate sounds

A lyrical poem is a type of poem that:

expresses personal emotions or thoughts

type of poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

A type of poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter

A type of poetry that follows a strict rhyme scheme

A type of poetry that is written in prose form

A type of poetry that is meant to be sung

A type of poetry without a rhyme scheme

A type of poetry with a specific rhyme scheme

A type of poetry with a fixed number of lines

What is prose poetry?

A form of poetry that uses prose instead of verse

A form of poetry that uses metrical structure

A form of poetry that uses rhyme

A form of poetry that uses free verse

What is personification?

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

Using vivid and descriptive language

Repeating the same consonant sound

Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

Poetry

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9th - 12th Grade

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CCSS

RL.9-10.10, RL.8.4, RL.11-12.8

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a piece of writing that conveys a message through language and often relates to culture, art, nature, or life.

poem

novel

essay

report

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: The ______ is the voice behind the poem; the character or narrator saying the poem.

speaker

author

listener

reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a unit in poetry that consists of any words arranged in one row.

line

stanza

verse

paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem.

stanza

verse

paragraph

section

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a quatrain?

A two-line stanza

A four-line stanza or grouping of four lines of verse

A specific line repeated in a poem

A rhymed couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a couplet?

A four-line stanza

A specific line repeated in a poem

Two successive lines of poetry, often rhymed

A stanza with no rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a refrain?

A four-line stanza

Two successive lines of poetry

A specific line or lines that are repeated in a poem

A stanza with no rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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Poetry

33 questions

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a piece of writing that conveys a message through language and often relates to culture, art, nature, or life.

Fill in the blank: The ______ is the voice behind the poem; the character or narrator saying the poem.

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a unit in poetry that consists of any words arranged in one row.

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem.

What is a quatrain?

What is a couplet?

What is a refrain?

Fill in the blank: The attitude of the speaker or author as interpreted by the reader is known as _______.

Fill in the blank: Descriptive language that invokes any of the five senses to create a set of mental images for the reader is called _______.

Fill in the blank: When two things are placed close together to create a contrasting effect, it is known as _______.

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