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Quarter 4 Academic Vocabulary

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 3625secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a metaphor?
a)
Her eyes shine like the morning sun
b)
His dog eats a boat load of food
c)
The walls stretch to the ceiling 
d)
Our classroom is a zoo
2.
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
a)
The cat sat quietly by the door.
b)
Crash! The dishes slammed against the counter 
c)
The bee bumbled and buzzed by.
d)
The wind screamed and howled in the night.
3.

A fourteen line lyric poem that has a rhyme scheme according to its type.

a)

Epic

b)

Narrative Poem

c)

Sonnet

d)

Limerick

4.

A four line stanza.

a)

couplet

b)

refrain

c)

quatrain

d)

octave

5.

Stanza

a)

A poem that has a regular pattern or stressed and unstressed syllables

b)

Verse unit groups created by poets

c)

Comparing 2 unlike things using like or as

d)

A humorous 5 line poem

6.

A comparison between 2 unlike things using like or as

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Limerick

d)

E.E. Cummings

7.

rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical

a)

Meter

b)

Internal Rhymes

c)

Slant Rhymes

d)

Images

8.

Sounds that rhyme exactly

a)

Perfect Rhyme

b)

Exact Rhyme

c)

Matching Rhyme

d)

Correct Rhyme

9.

When a poem is written with a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables (To the piano players out there)

a)

Key

b)

Rhythm

c)

Rhyme

d)

Tone

10.

Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme

a)

Wild Poem

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Meter

d)

Free verse

11.

Giving human or living qualities to non-human or non-living things

a)

Animal Crossing New Leaf

b)

Personification

c)

Images

d)

Imagination

12.
a narrative poem of longer length; usually tells a sad or tragic story; contains many stanzas
a)
couplet
b)
haiku
c)
rhyme
d)
ballad
13.

What is an Ode?

a)

Elaborate poem glorifying or praising animals, innate objects, and emotions.

b)

a place of worship

c)

Elaborate poem glorifying or praising an event / individual / idea / emotionally and/or intellectually

d)

the state standardized test for Ohio

14.

A poem that features some kind of list

a)

ode

b)

epic poem

c)

ballad

d)

catalog poem

15.

How would allusion be defined?

a)

a reference to a famous person, place, or event

b)

words that involve one of the five senses

c)

two lines working as a unit

d)

a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

16.

Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?

a)

his wife was his Achille's heel

b)

he lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's

c)

she transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.

d)

we'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.

17.

How many lines does a villanelle have?

a)

12

b)

14

c)

19

d)

no certain number

18.

written in response to a death

a)

elegy

b)

ode

c)

ballad

d)

lyric

19.

is a long narrative poem about an epic hero and the hero's journey.

a)

epic theme

b)

epic poetry

c)

archetype

d)

epic plot

20.
a fixed pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of fixed length; used to create rhythm
a)
refrain
b)
meter
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
stanza
21.
Language that appeals to the senses
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
imagery
22.
What is the best definition of imagery? 
a)
Imagery is the author’s use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine what is being described.
b)
An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
c)
 A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
d)
Exaggeration
23.
What is assonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
24.
What is consonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
25.

The dictionary definition refers to

a)

denotation

b)

connotation

c)

synonym

d)

antonym

e)

glossary

26.

An unrhymed verse.

a)

blank verse

b)

free verse

c)

simile

d)

stanza

27.

Rhythmic flow of poetry; marching beat

a)

Cadence

b)

Ballad

c)

Abridge

d)

Burly

28.
the emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word
a)
denotation
b)
connotation
c)
etymology
d)
context clues
29.
An onomatopoeia is also known as what?
a)
An action word
b)
A descriptive word
c)
A sound word
d)
A statement