Poetry Quiz

What is a dramatic monologue?

• A poem with a regular rhyme scheme

• A narrative poem with a single speaker addressing a silent audience

• A poem with multiple speakers

• A poem with no specific structure

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is free verse in poetry?

• Poetry with a strict rhyme scheme

• Poetry with a regular meter

• Poetry with no regular meter or rhyme scheme

• Poetry with a fixed stanza pattern

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Match the following poetry terms with their definitions.

• Stanza

• A line or lines repeated at regular intervals

• Caesura

• A pause in a line

• Couplet

• A group of lines in a poem

• Refrain

• Two consecutive lines that rhyme

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is enjambment in poetry?

• A pause in a line

• A line that ends with punctuation

• A line that runs on to the next without punctuation

• A repeated line in a poem

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a simile?

• A direct statement

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A metaphor

• A type of stanza

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A metaphor is a comparison (a)   .

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without the use of "li
• Giving human qualities to non-human
• An exaggeration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

(a)   gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Hyperbole is (a)  

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• Giving human qualities to non-human
• An exaggeration
• A reference to a well-known person,

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Allusion refers to (a)  

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• An exaggeration
• A reference to a person, place, or
• Giving human qualities to non-human

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of imagery helps us "see" what is being described?

• Sound

• Smell

• Sight

• Taste

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4