
Poetry Terms
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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
Jolene Korethoski
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Match the poetry term to its correct definition:
The voice used by a poet to speak a poem, often a created identity, not necessarily the author's personal voice.
Speaker
A fourteen-line lyric poem in iambic pentameter with a rigid rhyme scheme.
Dramatic Monologue
Words of a single speaker revealing personality and situation, different from a stage soliloquy.
Sonnet
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: The voice used by a poet to speak a poem, often a created identity, not necessarily the author's personal voice, is called the _______.
Speaker
Narrator
Protagonist
Editor
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Fill in the blank: A fourteen-line lyric poem in iambic pentameter with a rigid rhyme scheme is called a _______.
Sonnet
Ballad
Haiku
Ode
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is the literary term for 'Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words to catch the reader's attention.'?
Alliteration
Cacophony
Synecdoche
Allusion
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which literary device is defined as 'Unpleasant, harsh sounds often using 's', 'c', 'k' or similar sounds.'?
Alliteration
Cacophony
Synecdoche
Allusion
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which literary term means 'A part is used for the whole. Example: "All hands on deck!"'?
Alliteration
Cacophony
Synecdoche
Allusion
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is the definition of 'Allusion'?
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words to catch the reader's attention.
Unpleasant, harsh sounds often using 's', 'c', 'k' or similar sounds.
A part is used for the whole. Example: "All hands on deck!"
A reference to another piece of literature, person, event, or place.
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