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Poetry Vocabulary Unit 2B Quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

a)

context

b)

audience

c)

dialogue

d)

stage directions

2.

intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work

a)

voice

b)

meter

c)

author's craft

d)

rhyme scheme

3.

the words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage

a)

script

b)

stage directions

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

context

4.

a piece of writing that tells a story and is acted out on a stage; also called a play

a)

drama

b)

scene

c)

stanza

d)

line

5.

the lines spoken between characters in fiction or a play; the main way in which plot, character, and other elements are established

a)

playwright

b)

dialogue

c)

script

d)

voice

6.

one row of text in a poem

a)

script

b)

scene

c)

line

d)

stanza

7.

the basic rhythmic structure in verse, composed of stressed and unstressed syllables

a)

rhyme

b)

voice

c)

act

d)

meter

8.

a piece of writing that stands out based on its use of language, form, rhythm, etc.

a)

drama

b)

poetry

c)

context

d)

script

9.

the action of lines, words, or phrases being repeated

a)

meter

b)

voice

c)

repetition

d)

line

10.

the pattern of rhymes in a poem or song, usually at the end of lines

a)

stanza

b)

script

c)

repetition

d)

rhyme scheme

11.

descriptions or instructions in a play that provide information about characters, dialogue, setting, and actions

a)

stage directions

b)

script

c)

voice

d)

author's craft

12.

a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit (similar to a paragraph)

a)

line

b)

scene

c)

meter

d)

stanza

13.

What are words that imitate sounds (ex: Crash! Buzz! Roar!)

a)

Rhyme

b)

Rhythm

c)

Line Breaks

d)

Onomatopoeia

14.

What do we call similarity of ending sounds in words (ex: The cat sat on the hat.)?

a)

Rhyme

b)

Repetition

c)

Alliteration

d)

Meter

15.

What is repetition of beginning consonant sounds (ex: the bubbling babbling brook)?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Rhythm

c)

Rhyme

d)

Onomatopoeia

16.

What is called when a line of poetry is broken and a new line begins?

a)

Meter

b)

Symbolism

c)

Line Break

d)

Stanza

17.

What are words that imitate sounds (ex: Crash! Buzz! Roar!)

a)

Rhyme

b)

Rhythm

c)

Line Breaks

d)

Onomatopoeia

18.

What is a pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds that creates a rhythm (ex: hickory dickory dock, the mouse went up the clock)?

a)

Rhythm

b)

Alliteration

c)

Meter

d)

Beat

19.

What do we call a grouping of two or more lines?

a)

Repetition

b)

White Space

c)

Line Break

d)

Stanza

20.

What is called when a line of poetry is broken and a new line begins?

a)

Meter

b)

Symbolism

c)

Line Break

d)

Stanza

21.

"Life is like a box of chocolates" is a:

a)

hyperbole

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

22.

"The trees were dancing in the wind" is an example of:

a)

hyperbole

b)

rhythm

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

23.

"There once was a man from Peru/who dreamed he was eating his shoe" is a(n):

a)

idiom

b)

couplet

c)

quatrain

d)

stanza

24.

"I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" is a

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

couplet