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Poetry Terms

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for the rhythm, expression, pitch, and flow when we speak and read out loud?

a)

Prosody

b)

Free verse

c)

Poetry

d)

Meter

2.

What is meter?

a)

Words that sound alike with the same ending vowel and consonant sounds

b)

A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

c)

A person, place, or thing that represents an idea

d)

The use of capital letters, line position and word length

3.

Which of these contribute to the "shape" of the poem?

a)

Sound devices

b)

Graphic elements

c)

Alliterations

d)

Rhyme schemes

4.

What is a sound device characterized by the repetition of consonant sounds?

a)

Alphabetic

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

Sonnet

5.

This is a lyric poem composed of fourteen lines, is usually written in iambic pentameter, and is organized in strict divisions of stanza division and rhyme.

a)

Consonance

b)

Sonnet

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Limerick

6.

Each line in poetry represents a complete thought.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is the general term for methods like alliteration that are used by an author to emphasize specific sounds in poetry?

a)

Figurative language

b)

Rhyme scheme

c)

Sound devices

d)

Personification

8.

What type of poem has five lines with a AABBA rhyme scheme? These are usually humorous.

a)

Sonnet

b)

Limerick

c)

Ode

d)

Narrative

9.

Which term describes the "paragraphs" in a poem?

a)

Stanzas

b)

Rhymes

c)

Meters

d)

Forms

10.

A haiku is a traditionally Japanese form of poetry that is written in three lines and seventeen syllables.

a)

True

b)

False