Poetry, Grade 6

Spaces and Places: Home is a place where I feel _______.

What is the poetry term for the following meaning: word choice, or the type of language an author uses?

• Diction

• Meter

• Alliteration

• Imagery

What is the poetry term for the following meaning: expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level?

• Figurative language

• Literal language

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

What is the poetry term for the following meaning: a string of words in a poem, not necessarily a full sentence or phrase?

• Line

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Meter

What is the poetry term for the following meaning: a regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry?

• Meter

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

What is the poetry term for the following meaning: the particular set of rules guiding the arrangement of words and lines in a poem?

• Form

• Theme

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

What is the poetry term for the following meaning: the repetition of the same or similar sounds in a poem?

• Rhyme

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

What is the poetry term for the following meaning: the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry?

• Rhythm

• Stanza

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

What is the poetry term for the following meaning: the basic unit of a poem, made up of a series of lines?

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Metaphor

• Couplet

What is the poetry term for the following meaning: word order, or the way in which the elements of language (words, phrases, clauses, etc.) are arranged to create well-formed sentences?

• Syntax

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Enjambment