WorksheetsPoetry Terms Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Alliteration could best be defined as...
The repetition of consonant sounds
The repetition of vowel sounds
The repetition of a word/phrase
The repetition of a rhyme/meter
"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free" is an example of...
Anaphora
Allusion
Alliteration
Simile
Anaphora can best be defined as...
The repetition of vowel sounds
The repetition of consonant sounds
The repetition of a word or phrase
The repetition of rhyme/meter
Dylan Thomas' repetition of the word "rage" in his poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" is an example of...
Allusion
Anaphora
Alliteration
Assonance
Two ______ lines that rhyme are called a couplet.
Consecutive
Metered
Odd numbered
Even numbered
Enjambment could best be defined as...
The continuing of a sentence/idea after the line breaks
The rhythmic pattern of a poem
The repeated pattern of rhyme in a poem
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
The overarching structure of the poem is the...
Meter
Rhyme
Form
Conceit
"It's raining cats and dogs"
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Paradox
Hyperbole is...
an extreme exaggeration
a comparison of two dissimilar things without using like/as
a comparison of two dissimilar things using like/as
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
A metaphor...
must use like/as
does not use like/as
A simile...
must use like/as
does not use like/as
A metaphor is a comparison between two _______ things.
Similar
Dissimilar
Poetic
Rhyming
"Hope is the thing with feathers"
Paradox
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
"I got a heart like a truck, its been drug through the mud"
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Paradox
The rhythmic pattern of a poem is...
Meter
Rhyme Scheme
Enjambment
Form
"Death is knocking at my door"
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
"You got to spend money to make money"
Metaphor
Simile
Paradox
Personification
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects/ideas
Paradox
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza...
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
ABCD
AABB
ABAB
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"Chocolate is chocolatey" is a metaphor
True
False
