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Poetry Terms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

a)

Diction

b)

Sarcasm

c)

Symbol

d)

Theme

2.

A single line of poetry.

a)

Stanza

b)

Verse

c)

Line

d)

Allusion

3.

The attitude the poem's narrator takes towards a subject or character. Ex: serious, sarcastic

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Assonance

d)

Irony

4.

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

a)

Paragraph

b)

Meter

c)

Alliteration

d)

Stanza

5.

A comparison between two things using words such as, "like" or "as."

Ex: Her smile was like a breath of fresh air.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Ballad

d)

Diction

6.

A comparison between two things without using connecting words such as "like" or "as."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Meter

7.

What is theme?

a)

Poetry that doesn't rhyme.

b)

A story/narrative in poetic form.

c)

The author's specific word choice.

d)

The central message an author/poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

8.

Onomatopoeia is...

a)

A word that sounds like what it means.

b)

The author's specific word choice.

c)

A single line of poetry.

d)

This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation.

9.

This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

a)

Enjambment

b)

Consonance

c)

Meter

d)

Rhythm

10.

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text is a (a)   .

11.

Ballad is...

a)

A story/narrative in poetic form.

b)

Word choice.

c)

A single line of poetry.

d)

Stanza

12.

Allusion is...

a)

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.

b)

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.

c)

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

d)

A single line of poetry.

13.

Alliteration is...

a)

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

b)

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

c)

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

d)

Words that sound like what they mean.

14.

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Free verse

d)

Symbols

15.

Diction is also know as (a)