Poetry Terms Quiz

What is the central idea or underlying message of a work called?

• Tone

• Theme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza...

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.

• ABCD

• AABB

• ABAB

• 1212

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which term describes the writer's emotional attitude toward the subject or audience?

• Theme

• End Rhyme

• Tone

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is rhyme that occurs at the end of lines in a poem called?

• Internal Rhyme

• Slant Rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Monostich

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a pair of consecutive lines in a poem called?

• Tercet

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Sestet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line or stanza without a pause called?

• Rhyme Scheme

• Enjambment

• Slant Rhyme

• Monostich

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This is an example of:
The Gatorade quenched my thirst after I sprinted around the track with the sun beating down. 

• Imagery
• Allusion
• Personification
• Pun

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 simile?

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly without using "like" or "as"

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which figure of speech involves giving human characteristics to non-human objects?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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 hyperbole?

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly without using "like" or "as"

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5