Poetry Elements

What occurs when 2 or more words end in the same sound?

• line

• stanza

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

A number of lines that divide a poem into sections is called a _________________. (i.e. poetry paragraph)

• verse

• stanza

• line

• quatrain

What is a 3-line Japanese poem about with 17 syllables(5,7,5 syllables)?

• Limerick

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Haiku

What is the repeating of a word or phrase in a line or poem called? 

• Voice
• Rhyme
• Repetition
• Rhyme Scheme

What is a figure of speech using a combination of contradictory words? 

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• oxymoron
• personification

What is a play on words with similar sounds or on one word with multiple meanings?

• Pun
• Irony
• Symbolism
• Idiom

What is the writer's attitude toward a subject called?

• Voice
• Mood
• Tone
• Prose

What is a poem where the first letter of each line spells a word that can be read vertically?

• Quatrain
• Concrete Poem
• Free Verse
• Acrostic

A description of non-human objects or ideas using human characteristics is called _______________________.

• Simile
• Pun
• Hyperbole
• Personification

What is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words called?

• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Foreshadowing