WorksheetsPoetry Terms 9 Lit
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 27mins
What is dramatic irony?
When the audience knows something is going to happen but the characters do not
A character gives a long speech to others
Comparing two different objects directly
The repetition of consonant letters at the beginning of words
The opposite of what is said
Soliloquy
Verbal irony
Aside
Foil
What is situational irony?
A character is alone on stage and talks to themselves
A surprising or unexpected event happens instead of what the reader thinks is going to happen
A character contrasts with another character
Tells actors where to go and what to do on stage
What is a soliloquy?
A character gives a long speech to others
A character is alone on stage and talks to themselves
A comment intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters
Comparing two different objects using 'like' or 'as'
What is the purpose of stage directions?
To compare two different objects directly
To tell actors where to go, what to do on stage, and how to say their lines
To emphasize opposite values, morals, and personality traits
To express the opposite of what is said or written
What is alliteration?
Comparing two different objects using 'like' or 'as'
The repetition of consonant letters at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
A character gives a long speech to others
A surprising or unexpected event happens
What is an extreme exaggeration called?
Idiom
Hyperbole
Personification
Allusion
A well-known saying within a culture that is not to be taken literally
Idiom
Hyperbole
Imagery
Couplet
A non-human object is given a characteristic of a person
Allusion
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Slant rhyme
Making a reference to a famous or popular book, movie, or historical event
Imagery
Allusion
End rhyme
Internal rhyme
Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses used to paint a vivid picture in the reader’s mind
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme scheme
Line
A word used to create sound effects that sound like the thing it describes
Slant rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Couplet
Hyperbole
Rhymes that occur in the final words of two or more lines of poetry
Internal rhyme
End rhyme
Slant rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Rhyming words that occur within a single line
End rhyme
Internal rhyme
Slant rhyme
Couplet
Using letters of the alphabet to correspond to the end rhyming pattern in a poem
Rhyme scheme
Slant rhyme
Couplet
Line
Rhyming words that sound similar but do not make an exact rhyme
End rhyme
Internal rhyme
Slant rhyme
Onomatopoeia
What are two consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit, typically rhyme, and have the same meter?
Line
Couplet
Idiom
Hyperbole
What is one horizontal row of words in a poem called?
Couplet
Line
Rhyme scheme
Imagery
What is a stanza in poetry?
A grouping of lines, like a paragraph of a poem
A type of fourteen-line poem
The repetition of similar vowel sounds
A contradictory statement
Which of the following is an example of a paradox?
Men sell the wedding bells.
I must be cruel, only to be kind.
Roses are red, violets are blue.
The cat sat on the mat.
What is a sonnet?
A grouping of lines in a poem
A type of fourteen-line poem
The repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines
A contradictory statement
What is assonance?
The repetition of similar consonant sounds
The repetition of similar vowel sounds
A type of fourteen-line poem
A grouping of lines in a poem
What is rhyme in poetry?
The repetition of similar vowel sounds
A type of fourteen-line poem
The repetition of similar sounds between words, especially at the end of lines
A contradictory statement
A character gives a long speech to others
Aside
Soliloquy
Monologue
Verbal irony
Match types of irony to the correct examples.
Verbal Irony
Tell ugly dressed man "You look great!"
Dramatic Irony
Viewer knows Jaws is underwater
Situational Irony
A police station is robbed
A (a) is a football coach giving a pep talk to his players. A (b) is a lady on stage by herself complaining about her kids.
Deadpool turns to the camera and says, "Wait! You may be wondering, 'Why the red suit?' Well, that's so the bad guys can't see me bleed."
Foil
Soliloquy
Stage Directions
Aside
Match the types of Rhyme to the correct examples.
Slant Rhyme
work/dirt
Internal Rhyme
The cat in the hat
End Rhyme
Star light/Star bright
(John enters LEFT. He starts to cough loudly.)
Hyperbole
Stage Directions
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Harry Potter and Voldemort
Foil
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Paradox
A character who contrasts with another character to emphasize the opposite values, morals and personality traits
Sonnet
Couplet
Personification
Foil
Comments meant for only the audience to hear
Stage Directions
Monologue
Aside
Verbal Irony
The comparison of two objects using "like" or "as" is a (a) . Comparing two objects directly is a (b) .
Match the example to its correct term.
Boom, woof, hiss
Onomatopoeia
She is a queen bee in her hive.
Metaphor
It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
The flowers danced in the wind.
Personification
Sam is as busy as a bee.
Simile
The whipping wind was howling on Wednesday.
Allusion
Dramatic Irony
Monologue
Alliteration
Poetry without form, rhythm or rhyme
Idiom
Allusion
Free Verse
Sonnet
His pale face was so sunburned that its color resembled a bright red tomato.
Imagery
Internal Rhyme
Personification
Allusion
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Personification
Foil
Situational Irony
Hyperbole
Match the example to its correct term.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Alliteration
ABAB AABBCC
Rhyme Scheme
Men sell the wedding bells.
Assonance
Batman and The Joker
Foil
The sun smiled at us.
Personification
A contradictory statement that when investigated further may prove to be true.
End Rhyme
Paradox
Couplet
Stanza
Kandice walked into the backyard and thought she was in the Garden of Eden.
Allusion
Internal Rhyme
Monologue
Stage Directions
