WorksheetsPoetry Vocabulary
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Groups of lines; in a story or essay, this would be called a paragraph
verse
stanza
parapraph
mood
ONE line in a poem; in a story or essay, this would be called a sentence
verse
sentence
stanza
tone
Pattern of rhymes in a poem.
EX: aabb ccdd eeff gg
end rhyme
repetition
rhyme scheme
verse
An author’s attitude towards a subject—revealed through word choice and details.
tone
mood
theme
repetition
A story’s atmosphere or the feeling it evokes; how it makes the reader feel
tone
stanza
theme
mood
Purposeful repeating of a word, phrase, or line
theme
rhyme scheme
repetition
mood
Rhymes that occur at the end of lines.
rhyme scheme
theme
end rhymes
repetition
Rhyming of words within a line.
Ex: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
mood
repetition
end rhyme
internal rhyme
The message, point, or lesson about life that the author wishes to reveal about what her topic.
theme
mood
tone
stanza
What type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration?
imagery
allusion
hyperbole
metaphor
Which type of figurative language is descriptive language that appeals to your 5 senses?
imagery
simile
personification
alliteration
Which type of figurative language is it when the same letter sound is used in multiple words in a sentence?
hyperbole
personification
allusion
alliteration
Which type of figurative language is it when an author makes a reference to a person, place, or event?
idiom
onomatopoeia
allusion
simile
Which type of figurative language compares 2 things without using “like” or “as” ?
metaphor
simile
personification
alliteration
Which type of figurative language compares 2 things using “like” or “as” ?
metaphor
simile
personification
alliteration
Which type of figurative language is an expression that has an actual meaning that is completely different from its literal meaning
simile
idiom
alliteration
onomatopoeia
Which type of figurative language is sound word?
simile
idiom
alliteration
onomatopoeia
Which type of figurative language gives non-human objects are given human characteristics
personification
idiom
alliteration
onomatopoeia
