Poetry Terms Quiz

Which word means lines that have a similar sound at the end of the line?

• rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

• rhyme scheme

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Theme

The repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Theme

• Personification

Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses or any combination of senses

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Tone

• Meter

The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• Stanza

• Organization

• Alliteration

• Meter

The use of words which imitate sound

• Metaphor

• Interjection

• Meter

• Onomatopoeia

A figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits or abilities

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Personifcation

• Point of View

The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

• Simile

• Personification

• Repetition

• Meter

A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Stanza

the pattern of rhyme in a poem or song. Usually it’s characterized by letters (ABAB or AABB, etc.)

• poetic license

• rhyme scheme

• tone

• refrain