Poetry Terms Test

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English
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10th - 12th Grade
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Jessica Phillips
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.
Assonance
Alliteration
Repetition
Idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Metrical language; the opposite of prose.
Syntax
Rhyme
Rhythm
Verse
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes.
Diction
Approximate rhyme
End Rhyme
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A group of lines whose metrical pattern (and usually its rhyme scheme) is repeated throughout a poem.
Stanza
Paragraph
Free Verse
Blank Verse
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The repetition at close intervals of the vowel sounds of accented syllables or important words.
Alliteration
Consonance
Assonance
Free Verse
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A fairly short narrative poem written in a songlike stanza form.
Ballad
Limerick
Haiku
Sonnet
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Any fixed pattern of rhymes characterizing a whole poem or its stanzas.
Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme
Caesura
Refrain
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
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