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Poetry Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The repeated use of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

a)

rhyme

b)

rhyme scheme

c)

repetition

2.

The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words.

a)

repetition

b)

rhyme

c)

syllable

3.

A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.

a)

symbol

b)

stanza

c)

syllable

4.

What are groups of lines in a poem that provide a natural break?

a)

Lines

b)

Theme

c)

Rhyme Scheme

d)

Stanzas

5.

What is a repeated pattern of sound?

a)

Rhythm

b)

Poet

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

6.

What is it called when the ending sound of a word corresponds to another word?

a)

Rhythm

b)

Stanza

c)

Rhyme

d)

Personification

7.

What is it called when words or lines of a poem are repeated?

a)

Rhyme

b)

Repetition

c)

Poetry

d)

Lines

8.

Everyone, young or old,

Needs someone to listen

As their stories are told.


The difference is yours to make.

A minute from your busy day

Is all it would take.


Take a minute and lend an ear.

Listen intently

To what you hear.

a)

This poem has 1 stanza.

b)

This poem has 2 stanzas.

c)

This poem has 3 stanzas.

9.

I am who I am.

I do not care.

You are who you are.

Let them all stare.

a)

This poem has 1 line.

b)

This poem has 2 lines.

c)

This poem has 3 lines.

d)

This poem has 4 lines.

10.

This is an example of _________________.

a)

rhyme

b)

free verse

11.
A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.
a)
peom
b)
stanza
c)
line
d)
personification
12.
When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another
Example:  cat and hat
a)
metaphor
b)
rhythm
c)
rhyme
d)
poem
13.
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
a)
imagery
b)
rhythm
c)
rhyme
d)
simile
14.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
15.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
16.
What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
17.
Bonus Q: Finish this famous line of poetry:
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a ____.
a)
Tree
b)
Sea
c)
Bee
d)
Sweet pea
18.

Bonus Q: Finish this famous line of poetry:

I think that I shall never see

A poem as lovely as a ____.

a)

Tree

b)

Sea

c)

Bee

d)

Sweet pea