STAAR Poetry Terms Quiz

What is End Rhyme?

• short, musical poetry that deals with thoughts and emotions.

• the repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in words (ex. kate stayed late at the lake)

• the use of words with similar end sounds

• two words that rhyme at the end of lines

What is Rhyme?

• the use of words with similar end sounds

• the use of words that sound like the word they describe (ex. boom, buzz)

• two words that rhyme at the end of lines

• the use of words that begin with the same letter sound. (ex. silly sally said stop)

What is Personification?

• the use of the same words or phrases over and over (helps the reader focus on the speaker's main point)

• gives human qualities to nonhuman things

• the person that wrote the poem

• the use of words that begin with the same letter sound. (ex. silly sally said stop)

What is Meter?

• A row of words (just one line)

• A new dance step.

• The person that narrates the poem

• A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

What is Consonance?

• the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words (The butter is better eat)

• the pattern of end rhyme in a poem (to find the rhyme scheme mark each of the end rhyme using letters starting with "a") (ex. aabba)

• the repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in words (ex. kate stayed late at the lake)

• the use of words that sound like the word they describe (ex. boom, buzz)

What is an Extended Metaphor?

• comparing two things not using like or as.

• a device in literature where an object represents an idea.

• a metaphor that is used throughout a stanza or an entire poem

• the person that wrote the poem

What is Hyperbole?

• a direct comparison of two things

• an extreme exaggeration

• an expression that doesn't mean what it says

• a word that represents a sound

Who is the Speaker?

• a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

• the person that narrates the poem

• the use of words with similar end sounds

• the repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in words (ex. kate stayed late at the lake)

What is Narrative Poetry?

• short, musical poetry that deals with thoughts and emotions.

• poetry that does not have any end rhyme.

• poetry that does not have any end rhyme.

• poetry that tells a story.

What is Symbolism?

• poetry that tells a story.

• A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• A device in literature where an object represents an idea.