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Poetry Terms

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This refers to the way a poem is presented to the reader.

a)

Structure

b)

Tone

c)

Theme

d)

Alliteration

2.

This is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

a)

Tone

b)

Theme

c)

Alliteration

d)

Assonance

3.

This is the underlying message that the writer or artist wants to convey.

a)

Theme

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Consonance

4.

This is is when a poet repeat the beginning consonant sounds of words.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

Repetition

5.

This is is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Repetition

d)

Parallelism

6.

This is is a pleasing sounding caused by the repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems.

a)

Consonance

b)

Repetition

c)

Parallelism

d)

Structure

7.

This is repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

a)

Repetition

b)

Parallelism

c)

Structure

d)

Tone

8.

This is when an author constructs parts of a sentence to be grammatically similar.

a)

Parallelism

b)

Structure

c)

Tone

d)

Theme

9.

This is an idea or feeling that a word may hold that is in addition to its main meaning.

a)

Connotation

b)

Denotation

c)

Parallelism

d)

Repetition

10.

This is the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.

a)

Denotation

b)

Tone

c)

Parallelism

d)

Theme

11.

The below example is ...

"She sells seashells by the sea shore."

a)

sound device

b)

imagery

c)

line break

d)

rhyme scheme

12.

The below example is...

"The fall leaves were like broken glass beneath his feet."

a)

sound device

b)

imagery

c)

line break

d)

rhyme scheme

13.

(This question was generated by AI.)

This is expressing one's feelings and ideas by writing phrases using a special style, rhythm, or other structure.

a)
Prose
b)
Essay
c)
Novel
d)
Poetry
14.

This is a poem that does not rhyme and does not have regular meter.

a)
Free verse poem
b)
Limerick
c)
Sonnet
d)
Haiku
15.

What is end rhyme?

a)
End rhyme is the repetition of consonant sounds within a line.
b)
End rhyme is the rhyming of the final words in lines of poetry.
c)
End rhyme occurs when two lines of poetry are written in the same meter.
d)
End rhyme is the use of alliteration at the beginning of lines.
16.

What is internal rhyme?

a)
A rhyme that occurs at the end of a line of poetry.
b)
A type of rhyme used exclusively in songs.
c)
A rhyme that involves multiple lines of poetry.
d)
Internal rhyme is a rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry.