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Poetry Terms (8th Grade)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

alliteration

a)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

b)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

c)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

d)

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

2.

onomatopoeia

a)

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

b)

using words that imitate the sound they denote

c)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

d)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

3.

simile

a)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

b)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

c)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

d)

an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines

4.

metaphor

a)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

b)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

c)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

d)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

5.

sonnet

a)

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

b)

a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

c)

a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)

d)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

6.

couplet

a)

a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)

b)

a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

c)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

d)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

7.

meter

a)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

b)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

c)

a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

d)

a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)

8.

personification

a)

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

b)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

c)

a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

d)

a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)

9.

rhyme

a)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

b)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

c)

correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

d)

an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines

10.

haiku

a)

correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

b)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

c)

an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines

d)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity