Poetry Terms Practice

a type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings, 

or tells a story in a specific form.

• Poetry

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Refrain

group of words together on one line of the 

poem

• Stanza

• Form

• Line

• Meter

The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem.

• Diction

• Tone

• Parallel Structure

• Rhythm

a pattern of rhyming words at the end of a line of poetry.

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhythm

• Tone

• Cinquain

something repeated regularly in a poem, such as the chorus of a song.

• Point of View

• Speaker

• Refrain

• Parallel Structure

A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.

• End Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhythm

A speaker or writer’s choice of words

• Diction

• Tone

• Mood

• Speaker

Used in poetry to convey feeling and emotion, and set the mood for the work.

• Parallel Structure

• Tone

• Connotation

• Alliteration

an emotional or social association with a word, giving meaning beyond the literal definition

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Diction

• Allusion

the specific, literal image, idea, concept, or object that a word or phrase refers to

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Diction

• Allusion