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Poetry Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Groups of lines; in a story or essay, this would be called a paragraph

a)

verse

b)

stanza

c)

parapraph

d)

mood

2.

ONE line in a poem; in a story or essay, this would be called a sentence

a)

verse

b)

sentence

c)

stanza

d)

tone

3.

Pattern of rhymes in a poem.

EX: aabb ccdd eeff gg

a)

end rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

verse

4.

An author’s attitude towards a subject—revealed through word choice and details.

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

theme

d)

repetition

5.

A story’s atmosphere or the feeling it evokes; how it makes the reader feel

a)

tone

b)

stanza

c)

theme

d)

mood

6.

Purposeful repeating of a word, phrase, or line

a)

theme

b)

rhyme scheme

c)

repetition

d)

mood

7.

Rhymes that occur at the end of lines.

a)

rhyme scheme

b)

theme

c)

end rhymes

d)

repetition

8.

Rhyming of words within a line.

Ex: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

a)

mood

b)

repetition

c)

end rhyme

d)

internal rhyme

9.

The message, point, or lesson about life that the author wishes to reveal about what her topic.

a)

theme

b)

mood

c)

tone

d)

stanza

10.

What type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration?

a)

imagery

b)

allusion

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

11.

Which type of figurative language is descriptive language that appeals to your 5 senses?

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

12.

Which type of figurative language is it when the same letter sound is used in multiple words in a sentence?

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

alliteration

13.

Which type of figurative language is it when an author makes a reference to a person, place, or event?

a)

idiom

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

allusion

d)

simile

14.

Which type of figurative language compares 2 things without using “like” or “as” ?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

15.

Which type of figurative language compares 2 things using “like” or “as” ?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

16.

Which type of figurative language is an expression that has an actual meaning that is completely different from its literal meaning

a)

simile

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

17.

Which type of figurative language is sound word?

a)

simile

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

18.

Which type of figurative language gives non-human objects are given human characteristics

a)

personification

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia