Poetry Elements Quiz

Which word means to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem? 

• Alliteration 
• Metaphor
• Repetition
• Rhyme Scheme

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as 

• Theme
• Meter
• Rhyme
• Simile 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains (a poetry paragraph)

• imagery 
• stanza 
• line
• meter 

The message about life that the poem conveys. 

• theme
• life's meaning 
• imagery 
• alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

The attitude or mood the author creates

• rhyme scheme
• tone 
• theme 
• onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in a word

• personification 
• stanza 
• alliteration 
• simile

It creates a picture in the reader's mind.

• imagery 
• rhyme scheme 
• movie
• alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

A comparison of two different things.  It is like a simile without like or as. 

• simile
• metaphor 
• opinion 
• fact 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Words that end in the same sound; end rhyme 

• rhyme scheme 
• repetition 
• tone 
• rhyme 

The pattern of rhymes.  A letter is assigned to each end of the line.  If it rhymes with another end of line, it has the same letter. 

• rhyme scheme 
• theme 
• rhythm 
• metaphor