Graphic Elements of Poetry

Graphic Elements of Poetry

By Donna Herrera

Multiple Choice

Poetry is...

• writing that is musical and artistic in nature

• writing that expresses feelings

• a style of writing with few rules

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Poetry is usually arranged in ________________.

• lines

• Sentences

• Paragraphs

• stanzas

Multiple Choice

A group of lines is called a _______________________.

• lines

• paragraphs

• sentences

• Stanzas

Multiple Choice

Poems may have a regular _________________, which is the repetition of similar sounds

• Meter

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Graphic Elements

Multiple Choice

A _____________ _______________ is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

• Graphic Elements

• Rhyme Scheme

Multiple Choice

is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Graphic Elements

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

_____________ _____________, such as line length, spacing, and the use of capital and lowercase letters, affect the look of the poem on the page as well as its rhythm and meter.

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Graphic Elements

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

Poets may use sounds devices to make a poem more vivid or to create a tone or mood. _________________ is the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables.

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

Multiple Choice

Repeating consonant sounds at the end of non-rhyming words or syllables- such as brick and clock- is called ___________________

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Onomatopeia

Multiple Choice

repeating vowel sounds is called ________________

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• assonance

• onomatopeia

Multiple Choice

_________________ uses words that imitate or suggest the sound of what they describe, such as hiss and thud.

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

• onomatopeia

Multiple Choice

Poets use _______________, or language that appeals to the senses, to help readers visualize what they read.

• Imagery

• Figurative Language

• Similie

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

____________________ ________________________ communicates ideas beyond the literal meanings of words.

• Imagery

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• Simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

______________ uses like or as to compare seemingly unlike things.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Multiple Choice

A ________________ implies the comparison instead of directly stating it.

• simile

• metaphor

• personifcation

• idiom

Multiple Choice

Poets use _______________________ to write about an idea, an object, or an animal as if it were human.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Multiple Choice

An ______________ is an expression whose meaning cannot be understood by simply joining the meaning of the words, such as I caught a cold

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom