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Poetry Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The repeating sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines to single them out from the rest of the poem is:

a)

alliteration

b)

repetition

c)

rhyme

d)

symbolism

2.

A word stands for something beyond itself:

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

imagery

d)

symbolism

3.

The feeling that you get from reading

a)

mood

b)

line breaks

c)

alliteration

d)

repetition

4.

The use of a word that sounds like the word it describes

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

rhyme

c)

free verse

d)

rhythm

5.

A phrase that compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”

a)

poetry

b)

prose

c)

simile

d)

imagery

6.

A direct comparison of two unlike things that share one quality in common

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

imagery

d)

symbolism

7.

Human qualities given to an animal, idea or object

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

line breaks

d)

simile

8.

The matching of final vowel sounds in two or more words

a)

free verse

b)

prose

c)

simile

d)

rhyme

9.

The beat of the poem

a)

rhythm

b)

rhyme

c)

repetition

d)

mood

10.

The repeating of beginning consonant sounds in a phrase

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

rhyme

d)

alliteration

11.

The creation of detailed pictures using sensory details

a)

alliteration

b)

imagery

c)

metaphor

d)

prose

12.

The natural form of communication; like ordinary speech writing

a)

personification

b)

free verse

c)

prose

d)

metaphor

13.

A way of communicating emotions or ideas using refined language, symbolism and verses

a)

prose

b)

imagery

c)

stanza

d)

poetry

14.

The poet decides to go to a new line in the middle of a sentence

a)

line breaks

b)

stanza

c)

mood

d)

poetry

15.

A section of a poem that is entirely one thought

a)

metaphor

b)

stanza

c)

mood

d)

free verse

16.

A type of poem that does not have rhyme or rhythm

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

free verse

d)

simile