WorksheetsPoetry Terms Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the definition of symbolism?
The use of patterns that indicate different meanings.
The use of images or objects to represent ideas or qualities.
Resembles a picture; in a way that is striking or interesting.
Tone of voice that indicates specific emotion.
Define onomatopoeia
To tear apart with violent force.
An event; occurrence.
Unrestrained; wild.
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Imagery is...
emphasizes important ideas, adds emotional intensity, and creates musical quality.
A word or phrase that emphasizes important ideas, adds emotional intensity, and creates a musical quality.
descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses.
Necessary or important.
What is personification?
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human qualities.
A descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses.
Being only one of its kind.
A difficult or awkward situation.
Repetition is defined as...
a style of art that evokes emotion by idealizing subjects.
major themes, features, or elements.
the ability to attact and engage an audience's mind or emotions.
words and phrases that emphasizes important ideas, adds emotional intensity, and creates a musical quality.
Speaker refers to
the voice behind the poem.
an event in which people read poems that they have written aloud for a group.
an attempt to convince a reader to think or act in a particular way.
a particular belief, conclusion, or point of view that a writer presents in an argument.
Define apostrophe
beyond the limits of possible experience.
a figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing.
tone of voice that indicates specific emotions.
range of colors used in a particular work.
Which is an example of a metaphor?
My brothers shoes smell like garbage.
Finding my keys is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Busy as a bee.
My sister is the devil.
Which of the following is an example of a simile?
My brothers shoes smell like garbage.
Finding my keys is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Busy as a bee.
My sister is the devil.
What is a sonnet?
A group of lines in a poem that are considered to be a unit.
A lyrical poem that consists of 14 lines that follow a specific rhyming pattern (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG).
