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Poetry Terms

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is alliteration?

a)

repeated sounds at the beginning of words

b)

an exaggeration for emphasis

c)

a writer's attitude, feelings, or outlook

2.

What is a reference to another work of literature, art, person, or event?

a)

assonance

b)

metaphor

c)

allusion

3.

What is assonance?

a)

words that imitate sounds

b)

repetition of similar vowel sounds

c)

giving human qualities to inanimate objects

4.

What is consonance?

a)

intentional word choice

b)

repetition of identical consonant sounds

c)

comparison that says one thing is like another

5.

What term is described as intentional word choice?

a)

diction

b)

rhyme scheme

c)

theme

6.

What is haiku?

a)

a 3-line Japanese poem that contains the syllable pattern 5, 7, 5

b)

a 14-line poem with specific rhythm and rhyme pattern

c)

use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, etc.

7.

What is hyperbole?

a)

a group of lines of verse

b)

repetition of identical consonant sounds

c)

an exaggeration for emphasis

8.

What is imagery?

a)

intentional word choice

b)

use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, ideas, etc.

c)

the rhyming pattern in a poem

9.

What term is defined as a comparison that says one thing is another?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

10.

What is onomatopoeia?

a)

repeated sounds at the beginning of multiple words

b)

a writer's attitude or feelings

c)

words that imitate sounds

11.

What is the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects?

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

theme

12.

What is a rhyme scheme?

a)

a 14-line poem with a set rhyme and rhythm

b)

a direct reference to another work of literature, art, person, or event

c)

the rhyme pattern in a poem

13.

What term is described as a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another?

a)

haiku

b)

sonnet

c)

simile

14.

What is a sonnet?

a)

a Japanese poem with a set syllable pattern

b)

an old poem that Shakespeare loved

c)

a 14-line poem with a specific rhyme and rhythm pattern

15.

What is a stanza?

a)

a group of lines in poetry

b)

something that rhymes with Danza

c)

the use of words that imitate sounds

16.

What term is described as an object (living or nonliving) that represents or stands for something else?

a)

symbol

b)

icon

c)

mascot

17.

What term is described as the central idea of a work?

a)

tone

b)

haiku

c)

theme

18.

What is tone?

a)

a musical term

b)

a writer's attitude, feelings, or outlook

c)

giving human qualities to non-human objects