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WorksheetsPoetry Terms Review (General)
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 44mins
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
Assonance
Repetition
Theme
The repetition of vowel sounds
Alliteration
Assonance
Theme
Personification
Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses or any combination of senses
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Tone
Meter
A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the "to be" verb are used, such as "is" or "was", to make the comparison
Simile
Comparison
Metaphor
Imagery
The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Stanza
Organization
Alliteration
Meter
The use of words which imitate sound
Metaphor
Interjection
Meter
Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits or abilities
Stanza
Rhyme
Personifcation
Point of View
The author's perspective concentrates on the vantage point of the speaker, or "teller", of the story or poem (1st person: the speaker is a character in the story or poem and tells it from his/her perspective, 3rd person limited: the speaker is not part of the story, but tells about the other characters but limits information about what one character sees and feels, 3rd person omniscient: the speaker is not part of the story, but is able to "know" and describe what all characters are thinking)
Point of View
Character
Repetition
Theme
The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas
Simile
Personification
Repetition
Meter
The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words
Rhyme
Stanza
Point of View
Simile
A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than"
Personification
Meter
Metaphor
Simile
A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme
Imagery
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Stanza
A phrase or an expression (sometimes called figure of speech) that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. EX. “It’s raining cats and dogs.”
Metaphor
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Stanza
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
Personification
Imagery
Theme
a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. It is left to the audience to make the direct connection.
Meter
Theme
Allusion
Personification
Free verse poetry does not have...
stanzas
plot or conflict
rhyme or rhythm
serious topic
The author’s attitude about their topic, characters or audience.
Mood
Setting
Tone
Diction
Diction is the literary term that means
The connections we have with words
An author's choice of words
The definition of words
The common way of speaking with friends
This word describes a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound in a poem - the "beat."
Line
Stanza
Song
Rhythm
A simile.....
tells what a person likes
compares two unlike things using the words like or as
compares two similar things
tells what a person is doing
What is a metaphor?
A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"
A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"
An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another
A type of poem in which two things are compared
What is a symbol?
a sign
something representing something else
an object
characters in a story
What is personification?
The same beginning sound repeated
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
A word that is a sound
An exaggeration
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Metaphor
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Simile
A type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music.
Allusion
Metaphor
Ballad
Meter
Also known as "vowel rhyme," is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.
Consonance
Hyperbole
Assonance
Alliteration
A term used in poetry to refer to lines that end without a punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.
Symbol
Speaker
Mood
Enjambment
Someone who is the voice of the poem. This is not to be confused with the author.
Assonance
Ballad
Enjambment
Speaker
An obvious and deliberate exaggeration (to emphasize something or for humorous purposes).
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Enjambment
The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story, poem, play, etc.
Mood
Tone
Hyperbole
Alliteration
A situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected.
Irony
Metaphor
Simile
Symbolism
A piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, especially. at the ends of lines
Rhyme
Repetition
Symbolism
Assonance
The pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem, generally described by using letters of the alphabet to denote the recurrence of rhyming lines, such as ababbcc.
Rhyme
Alliteration
Repetition
Rhyme Scheme
The way a poem is laid out on a page is called....
Stanza
Line Break
Paragraph
Form
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?
This poem has 1 line
This poem has 2 lines
This poem has 4 lines
This poem has 8 lines
the pattern of rhyme in a poem or song. Usually it’s characterized by letters (ABAB or AABB, etc.)
poetic license
rhyme scheme
tone
refrain
Match the following terms with their definitions.
alliteration
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words
assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds within words
consonance
the repetition of consonant sounds within words
onomatopoeia
when the meaning of the word is reflected in its sound
rhyme scheme
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem
"So I am proud only of those days that we pass in undivided tenderness..." is an example of:
consonance
onomatopoeia
assonance
rhythm
"So Eden sank to grief" is an example of--
imagery
allusion
onomatopoeia
simile
"While I nodded, nearly napping..." is an example of--
consonance
assonance
repetition
alliteration
Author's set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ____________.
word choice
space
tone
graphics
Fruit is fuel for healthy body.
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
The crickets were chirping, the stars were shining and the air was filled with the smell of a campfire, s'mores and the pop corn was popping.
He was a Romeo with the ladies.
What is the correct term for the following definition?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds: Feramisco’s funny family photos.
Assonance
Alliteration
Rhyme Scheme
Onomatopoeia
What is the correct term for the following definition?
A formal division of lines in a poem and is considered as a unit.
Assonance
Alliteration
Stanza
Onomatopoeia
