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Poetry Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Repetition

d)

Theme

2.

Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses or any combination of senses

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Imagery

c)

Tone

d)

Meter

3.

The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Repetition

d)

Meter

4.

A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than"

a)

Personification

b)

Meter

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

5.

Which word means lines that have a similar sound at the end of the line?

a)

rhyme

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

rhyme scheme

6.

Which word means images that are created in the mind while reading or looking at art?

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

rhyme

7.

Which word means a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as?

a)

metaphor

b)

acrostic

c)

simile

d)

imagery

8.

Which word means a comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another thing?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

quatrain

d)

line

9.

Which word means poems do not rhyme and sound like normal speech?

a)

free verse

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

acrostic

10.

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

Q. It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

How many LINES in the poem above?

a)

This poem has 1 line

b)

This poem has 2 lines

c)

This poem has 4 lines

d)

This poem has 8 lines

11.

A pair of lines in poetry that usually rhyme or have the same meter

a)

quatrain

b)

couplet

c)

stanza

d)

refrain

12.

seven snakes slithered silently

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

rhyme

d)

rhythm

13.

giving non-human objects human qualities

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

14.

The sun smiled on the angry clouds.

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

rhyme

d)

onomatopoeia

15.

cat, bat, hat, sat

a)

rhyme

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

16.

My friend is a treasure.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

meter

17.

She was as quiet as a mouse.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

rhyme

d)

alliteration

18.

anything that represents something else

a)

symbol

b)

repetition

c)

alliteration

d)

meter

19.

A form of poetry that originated in Japan and uses three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.

a)

haiku

b)

concrete

c)

ballad

d)

narrative

20.

What is personification?

a)

The same beginning sound repeated

b)

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

c)

A word that is a sound

d)

An exaggeration