Poetry Terms

The way a poem is laid out on a page is called....

• Stanza

• Line Break

• Paragraph

• Form

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

A group of lines in a poem is called....

• Stanza

• Line Break

• Paragraph

• Form

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

Q. It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

How many STANZAS does the poem have?

• This poem has 1 stanza

• This poem has 2 stanzas

• This poem has 4 stanzas

• This poem has 8 stanzas.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

Q. It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

How many LINES in the poem above?

• This poem has 1 line

• This poem has 2 lines

• This poem has 4 lines

• This poem has 8 lines

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables is called...

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound is called...

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The use of words that vividly describe a sound (the word mimics the sound) so that readers can clearly "hear" them is called...

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomotopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as" is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech that offers and exaggerated or extravagant statement (that is not meant to be taken literally) in order to highlight a point is called...

• metaphore

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech that gives human-like characteristics to an abstract idea or non-human thing is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4