Poetry Terms Quizizz

A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our imagination and emotions

• Free verse

• Lyric

• Poetry

• Epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity. Example: pensive poets, nattering nabobs of negativism.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Internal rhyme

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

A reference to someone or something that is known from literature or history. (A reference to pop culture)

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity. Example: deep green sea.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Internal rhyme

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A songlike poem that tells a story, often a sad story of betrayal, death or loss.

• Free verse

• Lyric

• Ballad

• Epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Two successive rhyming lines. These end the pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet.

• Couplet

• Sonnet

• Refrain

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A long narrative poem about the many deeds of a great hero. The hero of this embodies the important values of the society he comes from.

• Ballad

• Free verse

• Sonnet

• Epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for the one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. As in, garbage man --> sanitary engineer.

• Metaphor

• Euphemism

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Poetry that does not use a specific rhyme scheme.

• Refrain

• Oxymoron

• Euphemism

• Free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A figure of speech that uses exaggerated comparisons for emphasis. As in "He could clear the savanna after every meal." -The Lion King. Or I told you a million times!

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4