Poetry Terms Review

What is a line in a poem?

• A group of lines

• a free verse

• a single row in a poem

• a comparison between two things

What is a stanza in a poem?

• A single row in a poem

• a group of lines in a poem

• an exaggeration

• how many lines a poem has

What is a rhyme scheme?

• the rhymes in a poem

• lines in a poem

• the rhyming pattern in a poem

• how many stanzas in a poem

How do we identify imagery in a poem?

• we count the lines in a poem

• we count the stanzas in the poem

• we look for rhymes in the poem

• We underline the words that use our 5 senses

What is theme?

• the moral, message, or lesson of a story

• The topic of a party

• when a word does not mean what it says

• a group of lines

What is a simile ?

• comparing two things using like or as

• comparing two things using is or was

• an exaggeration

• a row in a poem

What is a metaphor?

• comparing two things using like or as

• a direct comparison of two things using is or was

• the sound a word makes

• a group of lines

What is hyperbole?

• comparing two things using like or as

• the sound word makes

• an exaggeration

• when something non-human is given human qualities

What is personification?

• comparing two things

• when something non-human is given human qualities

• the sound a word makes

• a row in a poem

What is onomatopoeia?

• the sound a word makes

• comparing two things

• a row in a poem

• a group of lines in a poem