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Poetry Terms (7th Grade)

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

repetition

a)

conjoined contradictory terms

b)

the act of doing or performing again

c)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

d)

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

2.

image

a)

correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

b)

a visual representation produced on a surface

c)

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

d)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

3.

metaphor

a)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

b)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

c)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

d)

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

4.

personification

a)

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

b)

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

c)

using words that imitate the sound they denote

d)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

5.

free verse

a)

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

b)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

c)

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

d)

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

6.

rhythm

a)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

b)

correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

c)

an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

d)

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

7.

alliteration

a)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

b)

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

c)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

d)

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

8.

symbolism

a)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

b)

expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words

c)

the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning

d)

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

9.

rhyme

a)

correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

b)

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

c)

expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words

d)

an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

10.

simile

a)

a visual representation produced on a surface

b)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

c)

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

d)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

11.

oxymoron

a)

using words that imitate the sound they denote

b)

conjoined contradictory terms

c)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

d)

extravagant exaggeration

12.

line

a)

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

b)

a length without breadth or thickness

c)

a visual representation produced on a surface

d)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

13.

onomatopoeia

a)

using words that imitate the sound they denote

b)

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

c)

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

d)

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

14.

theme

a)

a visual representation produced on a surface

b)

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

c)

an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

d)

correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

15.

idiom

a)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

b)

correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines

c)

a visual representation produced on a surface

d)

expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words

16.

hyperbole

a)

conjoined contradictory terms

b)

using words that imitate the sound they denote

c)

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

d)

extravagant exaggeration

17.

stanza

a)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

b)

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

c)

an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

d)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

18.

couplet

a)

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

b)

an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

c)

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

d)

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity