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WorksheetsPoetic Terminology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words which feature in a phrase or verse line.
a)
Alliteration
b)
Couplet
c)
Tercet
d)
End Stopped Lines
2.
Repetition of identical vowel sounds in order to achieve a particular effect.
a)
Assonance
b)
End Stopped Lines
c)
Tone
d)
Free Verse
3.
A pause in the line of poetry.
a)
Caesura
b)
Enjambment
c)
End-stop.
d)
Connotation
4.
A two-line stanza.
a)
Couplet
b)
Connotation
c)
Refrain
d)
Iamb
5.
When a sentence or phrase runs over to the next line in the poem, without terminal punctuation.
a)
Enjambment
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Free verse
6.
A line of poetry with a pause or stop at the end.
a)
End Stopped Lines
b)
Internal Rhyme
c)
Caesura
d)
Enjambment
7.
The use of pictures, figures of speech and description to suggest ideas, feelings, objects and actions which create a vivid picture in your mind.
a)
Imagery
b)
Personification
c)
Free Verse
d)
Quatrain
8.
A direct or indirect comparison which points out a similarity without using words such as 'like', 'as' or 'than'.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Quatrain
c)
Iamb
d)
Repetition
9.
The regular use of unstressed and stressed syllables in poetry.
a)
Metre
b)
Refrain
c)
Imagery
d)
Rhyme
10.
Sounds of words which resemble the sounds of the object being described.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Repetition
c)
Internal Rhyme
d)
Rhyming Couplet
11.
The effect created when a non-human object is written about as if it were a human being.
a)
Personification
b)
Rhyming Couplet
c)
Tercet
d)
Simile
12.
A four-line stanza.
a)
Quatrain
b)
Simile
c)
Tone
d)
Stanza
13.
A recurring line or phrase, especially at the end of a verse.
a)
Refrain
b)
Sonnet
c)
Free Verse
d)
Tone
14.
Repeating a sound, a word, or a phrase for effect.
a)
Repetition
b)
Stanza
c)
Refrain
d)
Caesura
15.
The use of words with matching sounds, usually at the end of each line.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Symbol
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Connotation
16.
A pair of successive rhyming lines that are usually the same length.
a)
Rhyming Couplet
b)
Tercet
c)
Personification
d)
Couplet
17.
Repetition of ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sounds.
a)
Sibilance
b)
Theme
c)
Pun
d)
Diction
18.
A direct comparison made using the words ‘as’, ‘like’, or ‘than’.
a)
Simile
b)
Tone
c)
Quatrain
d)
End Stopped Lines
19.
A fourteen line poem, written in iambic pentameter. Traditionally about the theme of love.
a)
Sonnet
b)
Caesura
c)
Refrain
d)
Enjambment
20.
The subject, concerns, issues or ideas within a piece of literature.
a)
Theme
b)
End Stopped Lines
c)
Free Verse
d)
Iamb
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