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WorksheetsPoetry Terms #1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A type of literature that creates an emotional response. Poets select and arrange specific language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm
Poetry
Line Break
Rhyme
Couplet
Another word for poetry
Verse
Poetry
Refrain
Stanza
A grouping of lines in a poem (like a paragraph). Often each stanza is the same length and follows the same pattern of meter or rhyme.
Stanza
Verse
Enjambment
Rhyme
Where a line in the poem is broken and a new line begins
Line Break
Enjambment
End Stop
Refrain
Enjambment and End Stop both represent this term:
Line Break
Poetry
Verse
Internal Rhyme
Ending a line of poetry without completing a statement or clause
Enjambment
Refrain
End Stop
Verse
Ending a line with a complete sentence or clause-- ends with punctuation
End Stop
Enjambment
Verse
Poetry
A repeated phrase, line, or group of lines
Refrain
Rhyme
Stanza
Couplet
The repetition of final sounds in two or more words
Rhyme
Refrain
Couplet
Verse
The repetition of final sounds in two or more words
Rhyme Scheme
Refrain
Stanza
Couplet
What is the rhyme scheme:
The dog
sat on the log
but fell off
into the fog
AABA
ABAA
AAAB
BBAB
When rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry
Internal Rhyme
Couplet
Rhyme
Enjambment
Two lines of verse the same length that usually rhyme
Couplet
Verse
Poetry
Stanza
The dog ran into the bog
and sat on a log.
The log was too weak
and dumped the dog in the creek.
This is an example of which TWO terms:
Couplet and Internal Rhyme
Verse and Couplet
Poetry and Enjambment
Stanza and End Stopped Line
Define the rhyme scheme:
The dog ran into the bog
and sat on a log.
The log was too weak
and dumped the dog in the creek.
AABB
ABAB
AABC
BBAA
