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WorksheetsPoetry Terms (8th Grade)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
alliteration
a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
onomatopoeia
attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
using words that imitate the sound they denote
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
simile
a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
metaphor
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
sonnet
attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
couplet
a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)
a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
meter
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)
personification
attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)
rhyme
a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
haiku
correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
