Poetry Quiz

What is the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text called?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a unified group of lines in poetry, often marked by spacing between sections of the poem?

• Stanza

• Verse

• Ballad

• Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is a story or narrative in poetic form called?

• Theme

• Ballad

• Symbol

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the term for the central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader?

• Theme

• Tone

• Symbol

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the attitude the poem’s narrator takes towards a subject or character called?

• Theme

• Tone

• Meter

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words such as "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a word that sounds like what it means?

• Symbol

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbol

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a single line of poetry called?

• Stanza

• Verse

• Theme

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9