Poetry Terms & Figurative Language Practice #1

What is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words that are close together?

• allusion

• alliteration

• assonance

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In poetry, this is like a sentence.

• stanza

• idiom

• line

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What word explains when objects or animals take on human traits?

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

In a poem, what is a group of lines that are together like a paragraph?

• line

• stanza

• theme

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What word refers to words or phrase that appeal to one or more of the five senses?

• imagery

• mood

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What word means the use of extreme exaggeration?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What describes the feeling that a reader gets after reading a piece of literature?

• tone

• theme

• mood

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

In poetry, what is the pattern of end rhymes?

• rhyme

• repetition

• rhythm/meter

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What word means comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What word means comparing two things without using the words "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D