Poetry

What is a couplet?

• A type of stanza with three lines

• Two lines of poetry that rhyme and are usually of the same length

• A poem that consists of a single line

• A literary device used to create imagery

What is a line in a poem?

• a single row of words in a poem

• a stanza of multiple lines

• a type of rhyme scheme

• a literary device used for emphasis

What is a simile?

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• A type of metaphor that uses direct comparison.

• A rhetorical device that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A phrase that describes something in a literal sense.

What does rhyme mean?

• having the same ending sound

• a type of poem

• a musical term

• a literary device used for emphasis

What is a verse?

• a group of lines in a poem, often forming a stanza

• a single line of poetry

• a type of musical composition

• a narrative poem with a plot

What is alliteration?

• the repetition of the same initial sound in a series of words

• the use of similar sounding words at the end of lines

• the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

• the use of contrasting ideas in a sentence

What is a metaphor?

• a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

• a type of analogy that uses 'like' or 'as' for comparison.

• a rhetorical device that exaggerates for emphasis.

• a phrase that describes something in a literal sense.

What is personification?

• giving human qualities to non-human things or ideas

• a literary device that uses exaggeration

• a technique for creating vivid imagery

• a method of comparing two unlike things

What is a haiku?

• a type of Japanese tea ceremony

• a three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern

• a traditional form of Japanese painting

• a style of Japanese martial arts

What is a theme in poetry?

• the main idea or message of the poem

• a specific rhyme scheme used in the poem

• the emotional tone of the poem

• the number of stanzas in the poem