Poetry Terms

The way a poem is laid out on the page

is called

• stanza

• paragraph

• line break

• form

A group of lines in a poem

is called

• stanza

• paragraph

• line break

• form

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

How many stanzas in the poem above?

• This poem has 1 stanza

• This poem has 2 stanzas

• This poem has 4 stanzas

• This poem has 8 stanzas

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

How many lines in the poem above?

• This poem has 1 line

• This poem has 2 lines

• This poem has 4 lines

• This poem has 8 lines

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

A comparison of

two different things

using "like" or "as"

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

A figure of speech that

offers an exaggerated

or extravagant statement

(that is not meant to be taken literally)

in order to highlight a point

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole