Poetry Quiz #1

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of different words in the same line of verse.

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Enjambment

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art (movie, song, novel, sculpture, etc.).

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Enjambment

• Diction

The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of text.

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Theme

The repetition of consonant sounds (not vowels) in a line of text.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Free Verse

• Consonance

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Tone

• Theme

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

• Rhythm

• Tone

• Diction

• Meter

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the ______ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.

• Rhyme

• Rap Music

• Not this one!

• Rhythm

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as."

• Stanza

• Diction

• Simile

• Metaphor

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between the sections of the poem.

• Stanza

• Enjambment

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• Verse

A single line of poetry.

• Verse

• Verse

• Verse

• Verse