Poetry Terms

Poetry is a

• Literary genre that gives emotion in verses.

• Literary genre that narrates in prose.

• Literary genre that is used in everyday conversation.

• Literary genre that is barely used, employing prose and verses.

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An __________ rhyme is one that is used within a sentence or line.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Assonance is the repetition of consonant sounds.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Boom! is an example of

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What kind of figurative language is this?

Over the winter glaciers, I see the summer glow.

• Theme

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

In this short poem called "The Storm," what kind of figurative language is present?

"The Storm"

Looks like a mud puddle in the sky

And smells like moldy leather

It sounds like a giant's stomach rumbling

And feels like being turned inside out.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Symbolism

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The tree whispered in the wind" is an example of which kind of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.6.5A

All poems rhyme.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

In the following poem "The Dirtiest Man in the World," which kind of figurative language is present?

"The Dirtiest Man in the World"

Oh, I'm Dirty Dan, the world's dirtiest man,

I never have taken a shower.

I can't see my shirt--it's so covered with dirt,

And my ears have enough to grow flowers.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A __________ is similar to a paragraph but is a group of lines in a poem.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4