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Poetry Unit Vocabulary

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a collection of words written to inspire ideas, imagination or emotions.

a)

poetry

b)

stanza

c)

theme

2.

words that have the same ending sound

a)

rhyme

b)

poetry

c)

theme

3.

the repeating pattern of the poem

a)

rhyme

b)

meter

c)

stanza

4.

collection of lines

a)

stanza

b)

poetry

c)

mood

5.

a single row of words

a)

stanza

b)

line

c)

meter

6.

the feeling the poet is trying to convey

a)

mood

b)

theme

c)

stanza

7.

a truth, or message about life

a)

theme

b)

stanza

c)

mood

8.

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech and writing.

a)

diction

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

9.

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

diction

10.

comparing two things using like or as

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

diction

11.

giving human qualities to inanimate objects

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

allusion

12.

the occurrence of the same letter or sound in a group of words

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

diction

13.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

a)

alteration

b)

allusion

c)

metaphor

14.

a saying or expression that is accepted by certain groups of people but is not deducible on its own.

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

analogy

15.

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

a)

hyperbole

b)

allusion

c)

idiom

16.

the formation of words associated with a sound

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

allusion

c)

diction

17.

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

a)

symbolism

b)

analogy

c)

nuance

18.

visually descriptive language

a)

imagery

b)

concrete

c)

figurative

19.

comparison between two things

a)

analogy

b)

figurative

c)

symbolism

20.

the explicit meaning of something

a)

literal

b)

figurative

c)

concrete

21.

the expressive or implicit meaning of something

a)

figurative

b)

literal

c)

nuance

22.

an idea that is grounded in truth

a)

concrete

b)

literal

c)

nuance

23.

a strong regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound

a)

rhyme

b)

rhythm

c)

free verse

24.

a pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry

a)

rhythm

b)

rhyme scheme

c)

free verse

25.

no rhyming or pattern of rhyming in the poem

a)

free verse

b)

rhyming scheme

c)

nuance

26.

deconstruct to the basic level of understanding

a)

rhyme

b)

analyze

c)

nuance

27.

a subtle meaning

a)

nuance

b)

concrete

c)

allusion