Poetry Term Review

Type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the group of lines in a poem called?

• chapter

• foot

• header

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the correct term for the following definition? When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Figurative Language

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the correct term for the following definition? The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem: AABBA, ABACDC, etc.

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Rhyme Scheme

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the correct term for the following definition?

The repetition of initial consonant sounds: Feramisco’s funny family photos.

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Rhyme Scheme

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What do we call the pattern of stresses or beats in written language?

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhythm/Meter

• Refrain

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

• Metaphor

• Theme

• Alluson

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the attitude of the poet or speaker towards the subject called?

• mood

• tone

• rhythm

• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What poetic device uses a concrete word or object to represent an abstract idea?

• imagery

• symbolism

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a phrase that consists of 2 words that contradict each other?

• idiom

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3